Rafael Nadal has said it "doesn't make sense" to continue at Wimbledon after confirming his withdrawal ahead of the semi-finals.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion struggled with an abdominal injury throughout Wednesday's thrilling victory over Taylor Fritz in the last eight. Appearing in front of reporters ahead of his clash against Nick Kyrgios, Nadal cast a downbeat figure as he said: "Unfortunately, I am here because I have to pull out from the tournament, no?"
"I was thinking the whole day about the decision to make but I think it doesn’t make sense to go [on court]. Even if I tried a lot in my career to keep going in very tough circumstances. I think it's obvious if I keep going the injury is gonna get worse and worse and that's the thing that I can say now."
