The tennis world's loss is Australia's gain after Rafael Nadal made the excruciating decision to pull out of Wimbledon. WWOS
"That was a great day of tennis, wasn't it? Djokovic v Norrie, the homegrown Brit who of course would have provided a lot of interest, and then Kyrgios v Nadal.It goes without saying that while the news was disappointing for fans, and not a good thing for tennis, it's huge for the Australian."Because even if he beats Nadal, it will take something out of him physically. Now he'll be absolutely fresh for - you'd think - the match against Djokovic.
"We lost Ash Barty - that was a big hole in Australian tennis, and it looks like Nick has stepped up."Nadal is one of the fiercest competitor's in the sport's history, and would never make the decision to withdraw lightly. But the severity of the situation gave him no choice, with a high chance of that small abdominal tear getting worse."Rafa's serve is not a massive part of his game. He could have thrown the ball a little bit to the left, used the ball a little to the left, used the cheesy slider, got it in.
"But at some point in the match you've got to extend yourself, and he would have been done - no doubt about it."
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