Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon due to Injury
From the archive: published Jun 20, 2009, 17 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon after failing to recover from injury.
Nadal has been suffering from chronic tendinitis, a condition that gives him aching knees and forced him out of the Queen’s Club tournament leading up to Wimbledon. The injury is also believed to have played a role in his shock fourth round loss to Robin Soderling at the French Open.
Nadal’s withdrawal makes the top seeds for the event Roger Federer and Englishman Andy Murray.