17 Nov 2008

Rubin Statham a finalist in Malaysia

5:51 am on 17 November 2008

New Zealand's Rubin Statham reached the final of the singles at the ITF Futures tennis

tournament in Petaling Jaya in Malaysia only to lose to Korea's Kyu-Tae Im in two sets.

Statham, who's seeded sixth, defeated the seventh seed Nathan Thompson of USA, in

three sets.

Earlier his brother Oliver 'Statham won the doubles final with partner Xin-Yuan Yu of China, beating

Steven Goh and Joel Lindner of Australia in three sets.