Nadal, who last November played down suggestions that his career was in doubt because of a foot injury, had few problems in the opening set against a player featuring in the main draw of an ATP event for the sixth time.

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However, their joy was tempered by the news that star player Pau Gasol could miss the final because of a foot injury.

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Fulham striker Hayles was left out of the starting line-up, and Zat Knight also had to be content with a place on the bench because of a foot injury.

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Mike Gesell, who did not start because of a foot injury, came off the bench to spark the run with a 3-pointer and an assist to Melsahn Basabe on a dunk that brought the sellout crowd of more than 15, 000 fans to its feet.

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Officials said that Mr. Chen entered the U.S. Embassy on April 26, several days after his escape, with the help of embassy personnel and that the U.S. helped Mr. Chen on humanitarian grounds because of his foot injury, adding that he scaled no fewer than eight walls during his flight.

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Sunderland defender McCartney is ruled out by a foot injury while Lafferty withdrew from the squad on Friday evening because of a chest infection.

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Centre Mike Tindall and flanker Tom Rees are certain to miss the remaining Six Nations fixtures, while David Strettle is recovering from a serious foot injury and influential prop Andrew Sheridan also missed the trip to Rome because of an infection.

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And, because of my spinal cord injury from the back breakage, I can't feel my left foot so good either.

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Their best weapon for that Bosh, a 6-foot-11 small-ball center missed the Indiana series last year because of injury.

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