Rafael Nadal beats Taylor Fritz in Wimbledon quarter-finals

Nadal battled through an injury to come from behind and win the match.

The Spaniard had a medical timeout at the end of the second set and struggled with his movement for a long time.

It keeps Nadal's bid for a calendar Grand Slam on track and sets up a semi- final against Nick Kyrgios.

Nadal had a problem with his abdomen in his previous match.

The first question he faced after the forehand winner that sealed victory was "how did you do that?"

It was the person who watched the events on Centre Court.

The 36-year-old wasn't sure.

Nadal had got off to a good start with a break in the opening game, but he was broken in the next game and then again in the fifth game when he tried to hit a backhand return.

After Nadal gave a break with a double fault, the American wasted no time serving out the set with three straight service points.

The Spanish 22-time Grand Slam champion went off court for treatment at 3-4 in the second set and although he returned to take that set, he struggled on his backhand side and on his serve.

While sitting at the changeovers, Nadal looked lost and called on the trainer at the end of the third set, when he sent a forehand wide, to help him out. He shook his head before going over to the baseline after a chat with the trainer.

Nadal was broken eight times in the match, his serve was 25 mph slower than that of his opponent, but he held it to love to take the fourth set and force a decider.

He is one of his sport's all-time greats and his fighting spirit is his trademark.

One of Nadal's break points in the fifth was saved by a net cord, but he eventually converted the fourth with a delicate forehand drop shot.

The Spaniard served to stay in the match as the clock hit four hours, but he was quickly broken and held to leave the match over.

Nadal roared when he took it into the tie-break, where he quickly went five games ahead.

A drop shot from the Spaniard left him lying on his back, watching Nadal's winner go past him at the end of a 25-shot rally, before the two-time Wimbledon champion turned a final screw with a forehand that put him into his eighth Wimbledon semi-Final.

There's more to come.