
MOSCOW, July 7 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal played in the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a seven millimeter rupture of one of the muscles of the abdomen, according to Marca. On Wednesday, Nadal beat the American Taylor Fritz with a score of 3:6, 7:5, 3:6, 7:5, 7:6 (10:4). In the second set, the Spaniard had problems with the abdominal muscles, because of which, according to him, the team persuaded him to withdraw from the match.According to a source, Nadal plans to play in the semifinals, where he will meet with Australian Nick Kiryos.Wimbledon, held at grass courts in the suburbs of London, will end on 10 July. In April, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) refused to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to the tournament because of the situation in Ukraine. In response, in May the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) decided not to award Wimbledon ranking points.

