15 Jun 2010

NZ no 1 loses Wimbledon qualifier

8:24 am on 15 June 2010

The New Zealand tennis number one Dan King-Turner has been beaten in the opening round of the Wimbledon qualifying tournament.

King-Turner took the first set 6-2 against Andrej Martin, but the Slovakian won the second set in a tiebreaker, and the marathon deciding set 15-13.

Marina Erakovic is in the women's qualifying draw and she'll play Emily Webley-Smith of Great Britain first up.