Rafael Nadal was forced
to pull out injured in the fifth set of his quarter-final, the World No 1 had
treatment on his back and upper leg in the fourth set though Cilic was leading 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2,
2-0 when Nadal, who had been having issues with his lower back and upper leg,
abruptly shook the umpire's hand an quit.
It was the second time in 24 hours that one of the Big Four was hampered
by physical issues, with Novak Djokovic struggling in defeat the previous
evening.
The rangy Croatian, winner of the US Open in 2014 and himself impaired
in last summer's Wimbledon final, has a 1-0 record against Edmund after beating
him in Shanghai last October.
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