Rafael Nadal’s Out From 2012 US Tennis Open, Here’s Who Moved Up

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Rafael Nadal’s knee injury kept him from the 2012 London Olympic Games, and now the tennis powerhouse had to pull out of the 2012 US Tennis Open. Find out who moved into his and other withdrawals spots in the main draw below.

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Rafael Nadal’s knee injury that forced him to pull out from the 2012 London Olympic Games hasn’t gone away as he had to announce his withdrawal from the 2012 US Open. This is the first US Open that Nadal will miss since he made his tournament debut back in 2003.

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Below is the roster of all players, men and women, who have withdrawn from the 2012 US Tennis Open and who has moved up on the roster in the main draw.

Men’s Main Draw Withdrawals:

Gael Monfils (FRA)
Rafael Nadal (ESP)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)

Women’s Main Draw Withdrawals:

Elena Baltacha (GBR)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
Kaia Kanepi (EST)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

Men’s players move into main draw due to withdrawals and wild cards:

Benjamin Becker (GER)
Robby Ginepri (USA)
Rajeev Ram (USA)
Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Adrian Ungur (ROU)

Women’s players move into main draw due to withrawals and wild cards:

Greta Arn (HUN)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)
Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ)
Johanna Larsson (SWE)
Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

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17 comments
ezayi
ezayi

Everthingàs nice except the damn music. Prefer to hear the players the game and not this damn stupid music!

ozonese7en
ozonese7en

people forget that nadal has winning records against ALL the other 3 players of the big 4..

WivoRN
WivoRN

It's : Immediate Music : Avenger :)

chesscentral135
chesscentral135

One thing I like about this is that the little music there is is not terrible and offputting to the video like other sports videos.

thierr10
thierr10

if rafa stops tennis will be dead!!!! so rafa play on forever

d'Evil Kneevilz
d'Evil Kneevilz

Well done ! Great vid he's my favourite player ever !

pakky007
pakky007

Rafaa you are the best player...

nathan123460
nathan123460

who is the Australian (or at least I think he is) commentator talking around 6:21?