updated 8:33 p.m. ET Sept. 6, 2009
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal(拉斐尔·纳达尔) encountered(遭遇) as much trouble from his own body as his opponent(对手) in a third-round victory at the U.S. Open.
The third-seeded(三号种子的) Nadal, who missed Wimbledon(温布尔登) with sore knees, needed a 10-minute injury break for a trainer to work on his abdominals(腹部) early in the third set of his 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 32 Nicolas Almagro on Sunday.
The stomach injury first cropped up(突然发生) for Nadal last month at a tournament in Cincinnati(美国辛辛那提).