Roger Federer Not Surprised About Extent Of Nadal’s Injury

Written by: Staff on 4th September 2012

Roger Federer Not Surprised About Extent Of Nadal’s Injury

epa03379453 Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Fernando Verdasco of Spain during their match on the sixth day of the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 01 September 2012. The US Open runs through Sunday 09 September 2012. EPA/JASON SZENES |

Roger Federer says there are no secrets in the locker room between himself and Rafael Nadal when it comes to injury niggles, with the Swiss adding that while he’s sorry that his rival has missed two months of tennis, the Nadal absence did not come as a complete surprise.

“He sees me taped up, I see him getting taped up. We see each other warming up for matches and so forth,” said the said the top seed at the US Open, whose level of fitness at age 31 is becoming a talking point around the grounds.

“When I ask him how he’s feeling, he’s not feeling well, he’ll tell me, ‘I’m tired, a little injured.’ There’s no real secrets out there because he knows and I know when we tell each other that stuff it doesn’t leave the room.”

Nadal has not played since his Wimbledon second-round exit with some reports indicating that his season is over as he tries to heal left knee tendinitis trouble caused by a buildup up fat behind the knee cap.

“That’s a nice relationship I have with Rafa, it’s based on a lot of trust,” said Federer, the top seed chasing a sixth US Open title. “So it’s obviously not great news but I’m not shocked about the news. I’m still hopeful that he’ll be okay for the rest of the year.”

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