Jordan Thompson may have been praised by rival Taylor Fritz for being ‘valiant’ – but he felt the complete opposite.Instead, the Australian went as far as calling himself ‘a bit of a p****’.Thompson’s body sadly gave up on him against Fritz at WimbledonGettyBack-to-back five-set thrillers in the opening two rounds coupled with a taxing four-set encounter against Luciano Darderi in the third round left Thompson a physically battered man before he stepped onto court against Fritz.The three gruelling contests unfortunately caught up to a limping Thompson as he retired from the fourth round contest after just 41 minutes when he was 6-1, 3-0 down to Fritz.Speaking after the contest, Fritz hailed Thompson’s bravery and wished him a speedy recovery.He said: “Jordan’s been battling out here, playing five-setters, I respect him for coming out, he was valiant.“I feel bad for him and I hope he gets better.”However, Thompson did not see things the same way.“Today just doesn’t feel too valiant at all,” Thompson remarked during his post-match press conference.“But I guess looking back on it, it’s a pretty good effort, and it’s behind me now, so I’m not really too worried about how I feel.“Honestly, I feel like a bit of a p**** pulling out. I wouldn’t call it valiant.”Thompson’s run to the fourth round in SW19 – his best-ever finish at the tournament – is all the more remarkable considering he was on the verge of not competing at Wimbledon.It was a cruel way for Thompson’s time in SW19 to end given it was his best-ever runGettyThe Aussie was forced to retire from his opening match at Queen’s, a key warm-up tournament for Wimbledon, due to a back injury.Knowing how close he was to pulling the pin on this year’s festivities at the All England Club, only to defy the odds and reach the last-16, was a fair reason for Thompson to label his feat as ‘phenomenal’.“I was pretty sore and I was sore every day and I was kind of waiting for it to happen, and it happened,” Thompson stated.“So I’m glad it happened today and not in the first round because, honestly, I was thinking of not playing this tournament.“So I’m just taking the positives, and it’s my best result here. So it’s still a great tournament.“I wasn’t going to play at the tournament. We were still umm-ing and ahh-ing. I played Queen’s and (that) didn’t go well. My back was in ruins. I didn’t practice.The 31-year-old will now focus on getting his body right before the US Open in AugustGetty“So from not going to play the tournament to ending up in the second week… is phenomenal.”Thompson’s retirement has also all but confirmed he would not be able to join doubles partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert for their round of 16 clash on Monday against No. 2 seed pairing Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten.When asked if he’d have to withdraw from the doubles clash, Thompson replied: “It’s looking that way.“I told my partner, if by some miracle I wake up tomorrow morning and feel like I have been in the previous matches, that I’ll play.“But I’d say there’s a 95 per cent chance of me not [playing].”