Rather than running a battery of tests, he examined Ellen visually and concluded she had pulled a muscle.

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Left-hander Yuvraj pulled a muscle during his ferocious 138 not out and was forced to use a runner.

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The original fixture had to be postponed shortly before kick-off when the referee pulled a muscle in his warm-up and no suitable replacement could be found.

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Since then a pulled muscle, a dodgy ankle and unsuitable going (he does not like soft ground) have prevented a return to action.

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Immediately, Palace took off Victor Moses and brought on James Scowcroft but it was a gamble that went wrong as the substitute pulled a hamstring muscle within minutes of his arrival and was forced off.

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"It was a very important victory for me, " said Nadal, who returned to competition in October after a month off with a pulled stomach muscle.

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In a first round match played on Wednesday, the fifth seed Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, beat Anastasia Rodionova after the Australian pulled up with a muscle strain in her left leg while trailing 6-2 1-0.

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