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Monfils withdraws from Olympics with injury

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Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the Olympics because of a right knee injury.

French tennis player Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the Olympics because of a right knee injury.The No. 17-ranked Monfils dropped out a day after Rafael Nadal also ruled himself out of the London Games because of undisclosed injury problems.Monfils was replaced Friday by Julien Benneteau for the July 28-Aug. 5 Olympic tennis competition at Wimbledon. He will play singles alongside Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet.Benneteau will also play with Gasquet in mens doubles, while Tsonga will team up with Michael Llodra.The 25-year-old Monfils didnt play at the French Open and Wimbledon this year because of the knee problem.