January 23, 2012 12:30 pm | Updated October 18, 2016 12:57 pm IST - MELBOURNE
Andy Murray is into the Australian Open quarterfinals after Mikhail Kukushkin retired from their fourth round match on Monday with a left hip injury.
Murray was leading 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 when the Russian-born Kazakhstan player came to the net and said he couldn’t continue.
With Murray leading 4-1 in the first set, Kukushkin called for a trainer, who gave him medication.
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