Nadal to return better than ever

Rafael Nadal admits his decision to pull out of Wimbledon 2009 due to injury was the "toughest" of his career.

The world number one announced to the media on Friday evening that he would not be participating in the upcoming Grand Slam event in west London due to the tendinitis in his knees that has been bothering him over the past few months.
The 23-year-old tested out his suspect knees at two exhibition matches on Thursday and Friday and decided that it would be best for his long-term future to skip the year's third Slam.
The Spaniard becomes the first champion not to defend his title since 2001 champion Goran Ivanisevic missed the following year's tournament at the All England club.
Nadal admitted to thinking long and hard before making the decision but feels that his health must come before even the greatest tournament in the world.
"Not to play Wimbledon is one of the toughest decisions in my career," he said. "I've played with some problems in my knees for a few months but I always felt I'd try and try. You don't know what your limit is, but I have now reached the limit.
"It's not a chronic problem, I can recover for sure. I'm going to try very hard to come back and when I come back I'm going to come back with 100% mentality because when I play now, I was thinking more about the knee.
"I'm 23 and I hope to have a long career and come back next year - no one is more disappointed than me and the Wimbledon crowd must understand I tried my best."