Tennis: Chang to retire

Former French Open champion Michael Chang will retire after the US Open tennis tournament and will begin a 10-tournament "farewell tour" at next month's San Jose Open, the player's agent said yesterday.

"Michael has done pretty much all he can do in the sport and realises that his best tennis is probably behind him," Tom Ross said.

"However, he still believes he can be competitive this year and has a few big wins left in him."

The 30-year-old Chang, who has 34 singles titles, has won just over US$19 million ($35 million) in prize money and finished in the year-end top 10 seven times.

However, the former world No 2 has not been the same player since he injured his knee at Indian Wells in 1998.