Tunisian player Jaziri retires from Montpellier match before possible 2nd round vs Israeli
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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)
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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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.