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Nadal collapses during press conference at US Open

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 09:59 PM PDT

NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal had a relatively comfortable time on court but a frightening and painful one off it at the US Open on Sunday, collapsing in agony during his post-match press conference.

The No.2 seed beat Argentine veteran David Nalbandian 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5 to progress to the round-of-16 but the toil from the match played in muggy conditions caught up to him in the media room.

He rolled his head back, squeezed his eyes shut, covered his contorted face with his left arm as he stopped taking question.

He paused between deep breaths to plead in Spanish, "Can you call a trainer for me, please?" Then slowly the defending tournament champion slithered out of his chair and onto the ground.

Within minutes, Nadal was sitting up, and then standing, after being given bags of ice to soothe what was diagnosed as leg cramps.

Even if it all amounted to nothing serious medically — as Nadal and his manager would later insist — it was a bizarre scene, one at least as memorable as anything that took place on court Sunday at the year's last Grand Slam tournament.

"It's bad luck it happened here," Nadal said, "and not in the locker room." - AP

26 deaths recorded on 13th day of Ops Sikap

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 09:05 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR -- Motorcyclists continued to top the list of fatalities as the 13th day of Ops Sikap recorded 26 deaths, raising the overall number of deaths to 254 since the operation started on Aug 23.

Bukit Aman police on its website today, reported that from the 26 who died in 22 road accidents yesterday, 15 were motorcyclists, eight (car), pedestrians (two) and other vehicles (one).

According to the website, 1,144 accidents were reported yesterday with 379 on town roads, federal roads (371), state roads (229), highways (99) and other roads (66).

The police had also issued 7,591 summonses to offenders during the operation yesterday.

The 24th Ops Sikap which started on Aug 23 will end tomorrow (Sept 6). -- Bernama

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Ahad, 4 September 2011

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