6 Jul 2012

New Zealand junior out of the doubles at Wimbledon

12:15 pm on 6 July 2012

New Zealand junior tennis player Emily Fanning has been beaten in the second round of the doubles at Wimbledon.

The 17-year-old, playing in her first Wimbledon with Ukrainian Oleksandra Korashvilli, was beaten by seventh seeds, the Swiss Belinda Bencic and Croatia's Ana Konjuh 6-1 6-4.

Fanning lost to Bencic in the first round of singles.