Photo: Ron C. Angle
Marcos was forced to retire from his third-round clash with Jurgen Melzer at the Australian Open on Saturday evening, suffering from an injury to the little finger on his right hand.
Marcos said he had been suffering with the injury throughout the week and, unfortunately, it flared up again in the late stages of the first set against Melzer. Marcos had recovered from a break down in the opener and went on to clinch it on a tie-break.
However, after Marcos had gone up a break in the second set, courtesy of eight terrific points, the injury began to take its toll and Melzer had hit back to race into a 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-1, 4-3 lead when Marcos was forced to concede.
"I got broken (in the second set) because the pain started to increase and I missed three forehands that game," said Marcos. "I started making so many unforced errors and kept thinking about the injury. Whenever I hit it, it felt like electricity in the joint. I was playing great tennis and feeling really good, I was confident. It is disappointing to finish this way."
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