Not like this…! That was the reaction echoing through Centre Court as Jordan Thompson walked toward the net, head down, shoulders heavy. After everything he’d been through this past week at Wimbledon 2025, this wasn’t how his story was supposed to end. Fans who had watched him fight through punishing battles were stunned. Why now? Why like this?
The signs had been there but few wanted to believe them. Thompson had come into the tournament carrying a back injury so serious he nearly pulled out before it began. But he pushed forward, grinding through two exhausting five-setters and 14 sets total just to reach the fourth round. He was chasing something big: his first-ever Grand Slam quarter-final. And for 41 minutes on Centre Court, he gave it a shot. But then came the limp… the pain… the quiet signals that something was off. For the last 20 minutes, every step looked like agony.
Trailing 6–1, 3–0 to a red-hot Taylor Fritz, Thompson finally had to stop. A right thigh injury was now added to his back trouble, and enough was enough. Fritz moves on to face Karen Khachanov in the quarters—but for many, the match won’t be remembered for who won. It’ll be remembered for the fight Thompson showed, the pain he endured, and the raw heartbreak of seeing a dream cut short not by defeat—but by the limits of the human body.
Jordan Thompson retired at 1-6, 0-3 against Taylor Fritz.
Couldn’t continue due to a right thigh injury, also had back injury coming to the tournament. pic.twitter.com/NWjn4Fk7L3
— edgeAI (@edgeAIapp) July 6, 2025
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