Wimbledon 2022, abdominal injury of 7 mm for Nadal

Seven millimeters. This would be the extent of Rafa Nadal’s abdominal injury. This was reported by the Spanish newspaper Marca, which confirms the sensation felt by the player during the match against Taylor Fritz (“something is not going as it should”). On the eve of the semi-final against Nikc Kyrgios, despite not having yet dissolved the reservation on the possibility of seeing him on the field (on Wednesday he admitted that he felt very worried and did not know what he would decide to do: “Health is more important than victory at Wimbledon” ), the former number one in the field nevertheless showed up at Aorangi Park, the training grounds of Wimbledon, for the daily session. Late on schedule, but he showed up. Which is a good sign. And he also tried some very controlled speed serves. However, there is optimism about his presence on the pitch, the precedents also confirm the good feelings. Nadal has previously played with an abdominal injury. More precisely, at the 2009 US Open, the then seeded number 3 had started the tournament with a 6mm injury, in the semifinals, the injury had become 26mm at the end, when he lost 6-2 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal against Juan Martin Del Potro. Novak Djokovic also suffered the same type of injury at the Australian Open in 2021, right against Taylor Fritz. The Serbian, in the third round of the Grand Slam, had remedied an injury of 17 millimeters that did not prevent him from passing the round and winning the tournament, with the injury increased by another 8 millimeters.