VICTORIAN GRASSCOURT CHAMPIONSHIPS: Injury gives Brandon free pass

Jan. 11, 2014, midnight

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Alburys Brandon Vescio has received a free pass into the semi-finals of the Victorian Grasscourt Championships after his opponent Matthew Hicks was forced to withdraw from the match due to injury.

Vescio was leading in the third set, with the score at 1-6 7-5 2-1, when Hicks decided it was best he quit the match before doing himself any further injury.

Its pretty disappointing, Hicks said.

At one point I just landed on my knee really badly and I knew straight away that was it.

I wanted to play on because when it happened I was already up in the second set.

I thought maybe if I could just keep holding serve Id be all right, but after Brandon broke me I couldnt do anything off my left knee.

After six matches in three days, it begins to tally up.

Whats really annoying is that I first hurt it here last year, so Im starting to think this competition is a bad omen for me, Hicks said wryly.

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