Nadal's injury moment at the Australian Open.

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The Spanish tennis player, the main favorite to win the title in the first Grand Slam of the season, could not continue when the score of his quarterfinal match against Marin Cilic was 6-3; 3-6; 7-6; 6-2 and 2-0.

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, world No. 1 and main contender for the title, had to retire today from the Australian Open due to an injury that affected him in the middle of his quarterfinal match against Marin Cilic, who thus advanced to the semifinals of the first Grand Slam of the season, where he will face the American Kyle Edmund.

The Spanish player was affected by an injury in his right leg when the score was 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5), and 4-1 in favor of Cilic and they had been playing for three hours and 21 minutes. After the extended medical attention break, which lasted more than five minutes, Nadal lost the fourth set 6-2.

El tenista español Rafa Nadal reacciona ante el croata Marin Cilic durante el partido que enfrentó a ambos en los cuartos de final del Abierto de Australia que se celebra en Melbourne ( EFE/ Narendra Shrestha) — The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal reacts to the Croatian Marin Cilic during the match that faced them in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open held in Melbourne ( EFE/ Narendra Shrestha)

Throughout his career, the Spanish player born in Manacor has only retired twice, counting today's, in a total of 264 matches played in Grand Slam tournaments, while in his entire career, composed of 1063 matches, he has retired eight times: Auckland 2005, Queen's 2006, Sydney 2007, Cincinnati 2007, Paris 2008, Australia 2010, Miami 2016, and Australia 2018.

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