Rafael Nadal retired with a knee injury after losing the first set 6-1 against Nikolay Davydenko in the Paris Masters quarterfinals Friday, just hours after Roger Federer pulled out of the tournament with a sore back.
Nadal had received a lengthy massage treatment on his right thigh at 4-1 down to try and loosen the muscles around his right knee but was unable to start the second set.
"When I push with the right leg all the time the knee wasn't there, the knee is going down," Nadal said. "I felt a sharp, acute pain."
The Spaniard felt nagging knee pains earlier this week, and it got worse Friday morning.
"Today when I woke up I felt it a lot. I try to practice but still feel it," Nadal said. "Later I went the doctor and the doctor gave me some anti-inflammatories."
Nadal said he has never had a similar injury and that he needs further tests before he decides whether to play the season-ending Masters Cup, which begins Nov. 9 in Shanghai.
"We are going to have the tests and everything," Nadal said. "Hopefully it's going to be fine for Shanghai, but you never know."
Federer, meanwhile, pulled out shortly before his quarterfinal against James Blake because of a stiff back, but said he didn't have a serious injury.
AP
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