Posted at 7:12 a.m., Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Nadal will miss Spain's Davis Cup match against U.S.
Associated Press
MADRID, Spain — Rafael Nadal will skip Spain's Davis Cup quarterfinal match against the United States next month because of a lingering foot injury.The second-ranked Nadal was left off the team for the April 6-8 match against the Americans in Winston-Salem, N.C., Spanish Tennis Federation spokesman Pedro Hernandez said today.
Nadal missed four months last year because of an injury to his right foot, and the problem resurfaced this month in Dubai.
Playing on hard courts in the United States might aggravate it, so the team's captain and doctors decided to leave Nadal off the squad, Hernandez said.
David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco will make up the team.
