Nadal: Ankle injury won’t keep him from Miami Open (Yahoo Sports)

Rafael Nadal expects to compete at the Miami Open this week despite turning his left ankle in practice on Monday. The third-ranked Nadal will play the winner of the match between Nicolas Almagro of Spain and Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. It’s an important tournament for me.” Nadal, who has reached four Miami finals but never held the trophy, initially thought the ankle injury might keep him from playing.