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Injury keeps Nadal out of Dubai tournament

February 19, 2009
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World No. 1-ranked Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s $2.3 million Dubai Tennis Championships because of a knee injury.


Nadal said he would rest the right knee so he would be ready to play for Spain in a first-round Davis Cup series in two weeks.


Nadal strained a ligament in a loss Sunday to Andy Murray.


Earlier this week, world No. 2-ranked Roger Federer said he was pulling out of the Dubai tournament because of a back injury. Federer said the back problem would keep him from playing in Switzerland’s Davis Cup first-round matches against the United States.


Source: upi