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rafael nadal and regio and roge. last year at wimbledon, through five sets, nadal and federer went back and forth on the sport's grandest stage. a record four hours and 48 minutes later nadal won the golden trophy that belonged to federer for five years. but this year federer could regain ownership of it. knee tendinitis is forcing nadal to withdraw from wimbledon. he's complained about his knee since a fourth-round loss to robin soderling at the french open on may 31. nadal agonized over the decision. >> don't play wimbledon, it's one of the toughest decisions in my career. but, you know, the situation makes me -- the decision a little bit easier. not only 'cause it's tough, but at the same time it's -- it's what it is. not option to do. >> for just the fourth time in the last 40 years, defending men's singles champion will have to miss wimbledon. nadal is the first since ivanisevic missed because of shoulder surgery in 2002. prior to that smith and newcombe did not defend their titles back in the early 70s. earlier

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defending champion rafael nadal is in doubt for wimbledon because of a knee injury. his coach and uncle told french radio r.n.c. he's not optimistic. nadal had pulled out of next week's wimbledon warm-up grass court tournament at queen's club.

defending champ rafael nadal in doubt for wimbledon because of a knee injury -- he had already pulled out of next week's wimbledon grass court

>> rafael nadal will decide friday if heel be able to defend his wimbledon title. ♪ ♪ >> coming up on espnews. the old saying is "let nature take its course," but no one said anything about nature taking over the course. if getting shut out by the worst team in baseball wasn't bad enough, the yankees add injury to insult. north carolina has already won the national title in basketball. the tar confed cup and the world cup. this is espnews. captioning by captionmax >> hi and welcome to espnews. along with will selva, i'm j.w. stewart. normally bethpage black only has period, i think there are other issues with respect to crew rest we want to talk about as we go for an. >> yes, sir, it leads to the lifting of the next day, if you are not allowed adequate time to recuperate from the up to 16 hours today than to have the day before and only away from the airplane for eight hours is not enough. we need to ensure that the pilots are getting at least an adequate opposition behind the hotel door to get eight hours of rest. >> one thing is certain we are all pretty mobile and rely on transport

nadal forced to withdraw, ten nights in the knees just too painful. he's back in majorca coming up. he promises to be ready for the summer hard court season in pursuit of his first u.s. open title. we will not have a fourth consecutive rafa-roger final. the focus now shifts to the search for the 15th final for roger federer and andy murray, who was in nadal's side of the draw. >> it is a major disappointment not having nadal here, first time the defending champ on the men's side not defending their title since ivanisevic. even with nadal here, i still liked federer to come back and win wimbledon again. >> and get major title number 15 for passing pete sampras. he seems so loose after winning in paris, getting the weight off his shoulders. skipped the grass tune-up but seems ready here. >> he will be ready. he's tied with sampras all time with the french open title he won, 14-5 in major finals. the only guy he's lost to has been nadal. he's looking for number six at wimbledon. so emotional he was when he won his first wimbledon title back in '03. he cr