Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Indian Wells tournament with a knee injury, shortly before his eagerly-awaited semi-final clash with great rival Roger Federer on Saturday.
Federer’s scheduled meeting with Nadal would have been the 39th in their long rivalry and the first since 2017, leaving the Swiss to say “it’s a big letdown”, a sentiment felt by everyone at Indian Wells. It was just the fifth time in Nadal’s career that he had conceded a walkover, and the first to Federer.
The knee had begun to bother Nadal in the second set of his 7-6 , 7-6 victory over Karen Khachanov in the quarter-finals on Friday. “For me, it is not about today only,” said the world No. 2, who had not dropped a set in reaching the semi-finals.
Ohh that’s sad for the game
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