Nadal fed up answering injury questions: "I am in the middle of the tournament and I have to keep on going"

A big talking point of this year's Wimbledon has been Rafael Nadal's foot injury and how it has been hampering him after having to undergo a procedure before playing SW19 and playing the French Open final with injections in his foot.

But after defeating Botic van de Zandschulp, he admitted he is fed up of answering questions about the injury and wants to just get on with the tournament.

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"It's not that I don't want to answer the question, but at the same time, sometimes I am tired of myself, and all the issues I'm having," he said to the media.

"I'd prefer to not talk about it now – I'm sorry for that – but I am in the middle of the tournament, and I have to keep going.

"All respect to the rest of my opponents, I am just trying my best every single day, and for the moment I am healthy enough to keep going, and to fight for the things that I want. I think I made a big effort to be here.

"It takes a lot of mental and physical effort to try to play this tournament after the things I went through the last couple of months.

"But as everybody knows, Wimbledon is a tournament that I like so much, and it's been three years without playing here. I really wanted to be back, and that's what I'm doing, so that's why it means so much to be in the quarter-finals."

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