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Rafael Nadal, right, is consoled at the net by Marin Cilic after retiring from the Australian Open quarter-final match. Lukas Coch / EPA
Rafael Nadal, right, is consoled at the net by Marin Cilic after retiring from the Australian Open quarter-final match. Lukas Coch / EPA
Rafael Nadal set for three week injury layoff after torn hip muscle at Australian Open
World No 1 from Spain was forced to retire during the fifth set of his quarter-final with Marin Cilic.
Agence France Presse
24 January, 2018