Officials said that Mr. Chen entered the U.S. Embassy on April 26, several days after his escape, with the help of embassy personnel and that the U.S. helped Mr. Chen on humanitarian grounds because of his foot injury, adding that he scaled no fewer than eight walls during his flight.

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Nadal, who last November played down suggestions that his career was in doubt because of a foot injury, had few problems in the opening set against a player featuring in the main draw of an ATP event for the sixth time.

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