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Rafael Nadal skipped on to the stage in the main interview room here last night, but the news was not what the All England Club wanted to hear. "Unfortunately this year I won't be able to play here," the world No 1 told a packed press conference after a week in which the 2008 champion had done his utmost to recover from the knee problem that has left him in pain for much of this year.
"I'm just not 100 per cent," Nadal (below) said. "I'm better than I was feeling a couple of weeks ago, but I just don't feel ready. I want to try to get ready for the next tournaments after this. I don't feel ready to play in a tournament as important as Wimbledon. It's very painful for me." Nadal has had a long-term problem with his knees and was forced to miss the Masters Cup and Spain's Davis Cup final against Argentina at the end of last year. After pulling out of last week's Aegon Championships at Queen's Club, he delayed flying to Britain until this week.
He practised for two days at Wimbledon and has spent the last two days playing at the BNP Paribas Fortis Tennis Classic exhibition event at the Hurlingham club in south-west London. Wimbledon begins on Monday.
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