“That’s not the way I would have liked to achieve it.” Nick Kyrgios regretted Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal before their Wimbledon semi-final, wishing the Spaniard a speedy recovery, which thus opens the doors to a first Grand Slam final.
“As a competitor, I really wanted to play this match“, added the Australian in a press conference, the day following the announcement of Nadal’s package due to abdominal pain.
“My first reaction was a feeling of disappointment. All my energy was focused on my match once morest him and the way I was going to face him tactically, on the emotions I was going to feel when I entered the court”, explained Kyrgios. “We have had so many great battles. Here we have each beaten the other once. I really wanted to see what the 3rd chapter was going to give“, to encore dit Kyrgios.
“Pretty cool”
“Obviously we don’t want to see a player like him, so important for our sport, withdraw due to injury. I hope he recovers and I’m sure I’ll play once morest him once more in a big tournament.“, affirmed Kyrgios who however finds “pretty cool“to meet in the final.
The 27-year-old Australian will face in the final, with an extra day of rest, the winner of the other semi-final between the Serbian Novak Djokovic, already six times victorious at Wimbledon, and the Briton Cameron Norrie, local hero of this edition 2022.
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