Rising Chinese star Shang retires hurt in Australian Open first round
MELBOURNE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Rising Chinese tennis star Shang Juncheng retired hurt on Monday in his first round match against Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Australian Open.
After losing the first set in a tiebreak, Shang had a medical timeout after the fifth game of the second set. He returned but moved gingerly before retiring hurt with Davidovich Fokina leading 7-6 (1), 5-2 in a match that last