The 22-time Grand Slam champion was preparing to play for a chance to get to the Wimbledon final.
Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Italy's Lorenzo Sonego during their men's singles tennis match on the sixth day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon on Thursday because of a torn abdominal muscle, announcing his decision a day before he was supposed to play in the semifinals.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion was scheduled to face Nick Kyrgios for a berth in the final on Friday. The second-seeded Nadal, a 36-year-old from Spain, is 19-0 in Grand Slam action in 2022, including trophies at the Australian Open in January and the French Open in June. That put him halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
After that match, Nadal said he had considered stopping. He took a medical timeout to take painkilling pills and his father and sister motioned from the stands for him to quit.
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