Australian Open star forced to forfeit £100k in prize money after second‑round retirement

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Michael Zheng is set to miss out on over £100,000 of his Australian Open prize money despite making it to the second round in his Grand Slam main draw debut. After triumphing over Sebastian Korda, a former quarter-finalist in Melbourne, in the first round, the American qualifier had to retire during the fourth set of his subsequent match against 32nd seed Corentin Moutet. Zheng, who celebrates his 22nd birthday next week, clinched the first set 6-3, but was defeated in the following two sets 6-

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