Dominating head and shoulders and serving for the match at 5-3 in the third set, the 36-year-old Spaniard let himself be embroiled in a tie break... but not in a fourth set, even though it took four match points to conclude.
"I'm continuing on the right track. It's a very positive game against a very good opponent who has improved a lot," commented Nadal.
"Being in the quarter-finals here (for the eighth time, editor's note), after three years without coming, it's very nice, especially with everything that's happened lately," he added. .
Against Fritz, the match will be "difficult, but we are in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon so what else can we expect?", He estimated.
Winner of the Major on grass in 2008 and 2010, Nadal is looking for a 23rd Grand Slam title after having already won the Australian Open and Roland-Garros this year.
But he is under the threat of recurring foot pain, which does not seem to have bothered him since the start of the competition.
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