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Nadal hopeful knee injury isn't serious despite scans

ESPN staff
January 27, 2010
Rafael Nadal hopes his most recent injury will not be a serious one © Getty Images
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Rafael Nadal's coach is confident the former world No. 1 does not have a serious problem with his knee despite sending him for medical scans on Wednesday.

Nadal was forced to withdraw from his Australian Open quarter-final with Andy Murray, reaching for his knee and apologising to both his opponent and the crowd as he conceded in the third set. Murray had been leading by two sets to love prior to the injury.

Knee problems have been the curse of Nadal ever since he reached the pinnacle of men's tennis, missing a large part of the 2009 season due to injury. Tuesday's withdrawal sparked fears of a similar lay-off, but coach Toni Nadal is confident the problem is not severe tendonitis.

"There is something going on in there [the knee], something that wasn't there before," he revealed in front of Spanish media in Australia, before commenting that the preliminary ultrasound had showed it "wasn't a serious problem."

Nadal's withdrawal saw Murray reach his first Australian Open semi-final, where he will now meet Marin Cilic. Roger Federer takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the other semi.

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