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In the statement made by Wimbledon, it was stated that the 36-year-old tennis player, who had undergone health checkup, had a tear in his abdominal muscles and could not continue in the tournament.
World number 40 Australian Nick Kyrgios advanced to the final by forfeiting tomorrow's semi-final match due to the withdrawal of second-seeded Nadal from the tournament.
Kyrgios, with the winner of the match between the world number 1 Serbian Novak Djokovic, who has 20 grand slam titles, and the 9th seeded Great Britain Cameron Norrie,
They will meet in the final on Sunday, July 10.
Facing 11th seeded American Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals, Nadal continued the match despite suffering from an injury to his abdominal muscles and defeated his opponent 3-2 sets to qualify for the next round.
A good start to the season, Nadal reached the trophy at the Australian Open and French Open grand slam tournaments. The Spanish tennis player, who has two Wimbledon titles in his career, holds the men's singles record in this field with a total of 22 grand slam victories.
Nick Kyrgios, on the other hand, will reach the final of a grand slam tournament for the first time in his career.