That match took four hours and 21 minutes, almost double the amount of time it took Nick Kyrgios to beat Cristian Garin.

Nadal has been on court for 15 hours and 21 minutes across five matches in this tournament.

But, he’s through to yet another Wimbledon semi-final and will have a day to recover before facing off with Kyrgios on Centre Court.

Game, set and match to Rafael Nadal!

He smokes a serve at Fritz who squeezes it back before seeing the forehand return fly past him into the corner.

Rafael Nadal has done it! He’s fought back from two sets to one down, carrying a side injury and kept his dreams of a calendar grand slam alive.

What a champion.

A forehand down the line brings up match point for Nadal but Fritz responds by taking the next point.

Nadal is back on serve, can he close it out?

Fritz can’t believe it. He’s worked all over the court from Nadal before sprinting up to a drop shot and ending on the turf. Nadal dinks it back for the winner.

He then wins the point as Fritz fails to return his serve.

8-3 to the Spaniard.

Ace from Fritz. 5-3.

In the next rally he tries to smoke a backhand down the line and miscues it.

6-3 to Nadal.

Good play from Fritz to jump onto Nadal’s second serve and get himself on the board. The players switch sides and Nadal has another serve to come.

The Spaniard misses his first serve again and Fritz capitalises. He draws Nadal into the rally and wins the point when his opponent goes long.

Nadal leads 5-2.

Nadal takes the next two points as well. 5-0, he’s halfway there.

First blood goes to Nadal against the serve. Fritz sprints to the net and sends a diving volley over the back of the court.

He takes the next point as well with a forehand to Fritz’s backhand that the American knocks into the net.

Nadal’s next serve doesn’t get over the net cord and Fritz hits a backhand back but slips in the process. Nadal hooks one back at him before drilling the next return down the line. Fritz reaches it but can’t get the elevation.

3-0 to Nadal.

It’s a tie break! It just had to be didn’t it. Neither player have given an inch in this final set.

Nadal holds serve to love.

A 10-point tie break will decide the match. Who’s going to win?