FILE - This is a Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 file photo of Malek Jaziri of Tunisia as he plays a shot to Nick Kyrgios of Australia during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Jaziri retired from a match after winning the first set in a French tournament Wednesday Feb. 4, 2015, citing an injury that keeps him from facing an Israeli in the next round. Malek Jaziri quit after winning the first set 6-3 against sixth-seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round of the Open Sud de France. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith,File) (The Associated Press)
MONTPELLIER, France – A Tunisian player retired from a match after winning the first set in a French tournament Wednesday, citing an injury that keeps him from facing an Israeli in the next round.
Malek Jaziri quit after winning the first set 6-3 against sixth-seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round of the Open Sud de France.
Tournament organizers said in an email to The Associated Press that Jaziri, who called for a trainer twice during the match, "suffered again from an elbow injury he picked up" at the Australian Open.
Had Jaziri beaten Istomin, he would have played Israel's Dudi Sela in the next round.
In 2013, Tunisia's tennis federation ordered Jaziri to withdraw from a match against Israeli opponent Amir Weintraub at a second-tier tournament in Uzbekistan. The ITF banned Tunisia from the 2014 Davis Cup over the incident.
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