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Rafael Nadal, the reigning US Open champion and world number one, retired from his US Open semifinal match on Friday against third-seeded Juan Martin del Potro after knee pain .
"I hate to retire, but to stay a bit further by playing like that would be too much for me," said Nadal.
Serena Williams moves to her first US Open final since 2014 and will face Naomi Osaka, 20, for the title.
Mike Bryan won his 18th Grand Slam title, and his second sequel with Jack Sock, defeating Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-3, 6-1 on Friday.
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Nadal followed Del Potro 7-6, 6-2 after 2 hours and 1 minute of play when he retired. Earlier in the second set, he told the referee that he was going to have to retire due to "his pain".
"I was just trying to see if anything could improve during the match but no, it was not the day," Nadal said after the match. "You can imagine that it was very difficult for me to say goodbye before the end of the match, but at some point, you have to take a position, and it was so difficult for me to continue playing." at the same time – you know, having too much pain, and that was the tennis match at the end. "
This is the first retreat in a semifinal of the US Open Men's Open.
Nadal, 32, was optimistic about the injury and pain and said he was going to recover and rehabilitate him accordingly. He avoided comparing it to his previous knee injury.
Del Potro said after the match that it was difficult to see Nadal "suffering" on the pitch, but he was grateful to qualify for his second US Open final.
This will be the second Grand Slam final in career of del Potro; in his first, he reached the final of the US Open 2009, where he beat Roger Federer.
Del Potro, who lost to Nadal in the semifinals of the US Open last year, will face sixth place winner Novak Djokovic and 21st Kei Nishikori on Sunday.
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