Nadal Collapses With Cramp

Room cleared, trainer helps tennis star
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 5, 2011 4:26 AM CDT

Tennis No. 2 Rafael Nadal collapsed from cramps yesterday, not on the tennis court but during a press conference, reports the Independent. Sitting in a chair two hours after winning his third-round match in the US Open, Nadal suddenly started grimacing, then slipped to the ground. The room was cleared, and a trainer came to give him fluids and ice. "It was just a normal cramp that could have happened anywhere, but it happened in the press room," said Nadal, who was OK after just 10 minutes. "Anywhere else, nobody would have noticed." (More tennis stories.)

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