22 Feb 2010

King-Turner wins futures event in Victoria

6:39 pm on 22 February 2010

The New Zealand men's tennis number one Dan King-Turner has won the singles title at a futures tournament in Victoria in Australia.

King-Turner, who's ranked 254 in the world beat beat Australian Colin Ebelthite 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.

The win should move his ranking up 25 to 30 places.

Meanwhile New Zealand women's No2 Marina Erakovic palys Taiwanese opponent Kai-Chen Chang, who has a world ranking of 91 in the first round of a WTA tournament in Malaysia tomorrow.