 Yesterday, Spanish tennis player and world number 1 ranked Rafael Nadal withdrew from the ATP Paris Masters suffering from a knee injury.
Nadal decided to leave the tournament in Paris for a flare-up of a right knee injury during the third round match against Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas in the Paris tournament. Nadal, who played the third set wearing a knee strap, said "the pain during the match was too much."
The "King of Clay" said he would consult a doctor. Last year, Nadal withdrew from French Open suffering from a wrist injury. He missed significant time from the tennis season last year, but this year, Nadal became the first person to win a particular Grand Slam on ten occasions in the open era, winning the French Open for a record tenth time. He also won the US Open, his sixteenth grand slam title, but lost to Roger Federer in the ATP Shanghai Masters, last month.
The Spaniard said he would "do his best" for the upcoming London tournament scheduled from November 12 to 19. Nadal said, "For me it's not about London. For me it's about the longer term[...] And longer term, I'm going to do the treatment I believe that is going to be more safe and more important to keep playing tennis as long as possible."
Nadal has never won the Paris Masters tournament, and finished second only when he made his debut in the Paris Masters in 2007. However, Nadal has secured enough points to finish the season as the number 1, for the first time since 2013.

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Tennis: Nadal withdraws from Paris Masters, suffers from knee injury