1 Jul 2009

No New Zealanders left at Wimbledon

7:31 am on 1 July 2009

The last remaining New Zealander at the Wimbledon tennis tournament has been beaten in straight sets.

Sebastien Lavie lost his second round match in the boys competition 4-6 5-7 to an American, Devin Britton.

Lavie, who's based in France, won his opening match on Sunday.

The top ranked New Zealander, Queenstown's Riki McLachlan, exited yesterday in straight sets to Stanislav Poplavskyy of Ukraine.