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MADRID, Sept. 19 -- SpanishtennisaceRafaelNadalconfirmedonWednesdaythathewillmisstheAsianlegoftheATPTour, includingtheforthcomingtournamentsinBeijingandShanghaito "recover" fromakneeinjury.
Nadal, whothisseasonhaswontheMonte-Carlo, Italian, FrenchandCanadianOpentournaments, wasforcedtoretirefromthesemifinalsoftheUSOpenrecentlywithakneeinjury.
Onhispersonal 'Twitter' feed, heexplainedthat "lastMonday, IwasinBarcelonalookingatthesituationwithmykneewiththedoctors. WehavedecidedwithmymedicalandtechnicalteamtonotparticipateintheAsiantourtoallowthekneetorecoverthewaywehavealwaysdone."
ThecurrentworldNumber 1 saidhe "lamented" notbeingabletoperforminfrontofhisChinesefans.
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