Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to an abdominal injury.

This means the Spaniard will not play the semi-final against Nick Kyrgios.

Nadal battled to a five-set win over Taylor Fritz in the quarter-final despite struggling with an abdominal problem.

He then confirmed he would seek medical advice before deciding if to face Kyrgios in the semi-finals on Friday.

“Unfortunately, as you can imagine, I am here because I have to pull out from the tournament.

“As everyone saw yesterday, I have been suffering with a pain in the abdomen and something was not OK there. That is confirmed, I have a tear in the muscle and the communication is too late.

“I was thinking the whole day, I was thinking about the decision to make, but I think it doesn’t make sense to go, even if I try through my career to keep going. It is very tough circumstances but it is obvious that if I keep going, the injury will get worse and worse,” Nadal said at a press conference.

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