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...for Rafa Nadal of course but also for another charismatic sportsman who had to retire prematurely from his game this past week. Andrew Flintoff, the Lancashire and England cricketer finally gave up his long fight to restore his troublesome knee to fitness. His career had been full of stops and starts, achievements and controversies, but at certain of its peaks he was exceptional -- the current England captain Andrew Strauss described him as “the ultimate impact cricketer”.