Nadal, 23, has been recovering at home in Mallorca, Spain, with tenidinitis in both knees, which forced him to withdraw from Wimbledon. He is Montreal's defending champion.
Nadal has not played since a 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-7 (2-7) fourth-round loss to Robin Soderling at the French Open in June and also missed Spain's 3-2 Davis Cup semifinal victory last month against Germany.
"I don't think he'll be in very good form," Nadal's manager and brother, Toni, said on RafaelNadal.com. "He's been training well but without forcing things. The goal is to gradually pick up form for the U.S. Open."
Nadal also is the reigning champion at the U.S. Open.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
ERRORSCONICA
GOODNESS, whoever wrote this article clearly is clueless. Toni Nadal is Rafa's Uncle NOT Brother, and Rafa is NOT not the reigning US Champion either. However, he did win at Montreal last year and will defend his title this year.
he is not the reigning US
he is not the reigning US open champion.. what moron wrote this article?
Yikes! Two factual errors.
1) Toni Nadal is Rafael's UNCLE, not brother.
2) Rafa is not the defending US Open champion. He has never won it. Roger Federer is the defending US Open champ.
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