Warrington coach Tony Smith believes the short-term loss of utility back Stefan Ratchford will be a bigger blow than the departure of Chris Sandow. Sandow has walked out on the club despite having 12 months left on his contract while Ratchford sustained a serious knee injury while training with England in the recent Four Nations Series. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Hey! Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! He was about to do some stretching and squatted down to get ready when his knee locked, Smith said. It was all a bit of a shock because when he went in to see the consultant he was under the impression it was only going to be a bit of floating bone but it was worse than that. So he went in thinking it was going to be a couple of weeks operation and came out with a four-month operation. Scrum-half Chris Sandow has elected to cut short his contract with Warrington Id say hell miss at least the first four games and thats more of a blow than Chrissy. I was a bit shattered when I heard about that one. That has more impact on us.Regarding Sandows decision to stay in Australia rather than return to the Wolves, Smith was phlegmatic about the whole affair.He said: I cant say Im heartbroken or even surprised or disappointed, the only disappointment is that it was a little bit late in our off season before he told his manager. Warrington head coach Tony Smith salutes the supporters after their Challenge Cup semi-final win over Wakefield Ive no idea what he will do, he might be taking up a boxing career, who knows? Chrissy wouldnt have planned his next move, he just does things off the top of his head.Im pretty confident well come up with a suitable replacement.Meanwhile, Smith has confirmed that loose forward Ben Harrison is not part of his plans for the 2017 season.Hell go out on a year-long loan, the coach said. Hes working through that at the moment.Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4! 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After Nishikori won the first set, Ferrer delivered an ace to save his first match point in the 10th game, then broke Nishikori on the fifth try one game later. Ferrer took it to a third set after saving two break points. Despite needing treatment on his right thigh before the start of the deciding set, Nishikoris powerful groundstrokes overwhelmed Ferrer for a key break in the sixth game. There was a dramatic ninth game that lasted nearly 20 minutees.dddddddddddd Nishikori smashed error after error with victory in his grasp as the local fans backed Ferrer, who ultimately hit long for the 12th-ranked Nishikori to earn his 14th straight win, including a perfect 10-0 on clay this season. Bautista Agut, playing in his first career Masters series semifinal, couldnt match the experience of Nadal, who continues to improve after coming to the Magic Box centre having lost at consecutive clay tournaments for the first time in a decade. Nadal took advantage of Bautista Aguts timid start to break right away for a lead he would never surrender. Nadals concentration dipped temporarily in the second set as Bautista Agut clawed to within 4-3 before Nadal overcame his 21 errors by pulling away to reach his 90th career final. "Psychologically speaking about Monte Carlo and Barcelona, whenever I had nerves, I was not ready and I was a little bit down," said Nadal, bidding to be the first repeat winner from his sixth final appearance. "I am mentally more stable and more confident things will go well. This is great news going into tomorrows match and for the future." ' ' '