Štepanek pulls out of Wimbledon and Davis Cup

Radek Štepánek has ruled himself out of Wimbledon after sustaining a left knee injury. Štepánek, who is 25th in the ATP rankings and was seeded 22 for Wimbledon, suffered the injury in training earlier this week and following an extensive examination said on Thursday he would have to pull out of Wimbledon as well as the Davis Cup on doctors orders. He had been scheduled to play in a Davis Cup quarter-final against Chile on July 9-11 in Coquimbo, Chile. The Czech has been sidelined from the courts since March due to fatigue.