Murray triumphs as Nadal's knee fails

ROTTERDAM: World No 1 Rafael Nadal suffered another knee injury worry as he slipped to a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 defeat to Britain's Andy Murray in the Rotterdam Open on Sunday.

The fourth-ranked Scot, who won his second title of 2009, admitted that the knee injury which struck the Spaniard in the second set - and which Nadal refused to discuss - took the sparkle off the final.

The Spaniard suffered the problem from the second set and took a treatment break after the third game. From that point on, and through seven straight breaks of serve, the six-time Grand Slam title winner claimed just two points on his serve in the set.