New Zealand's number one tennis player Rubin Statham arrived home to play his first match at the New Zealand Residentials in Albany and beat Canterbury's Barrett Franks in straight sets to qualify for the quarter-finals.
He'll take on fellow Davis Cup member Adam Thompson in today's semi-finals after Thompson took out Wellington's Finn Tearney.
5th seed Mark Nielsen will play second seed Dan King-Turner in the other semi-final.
In the women's semi-finals top seed Kairangi Vano will play Dianne Hollands and Tanya Samedelok will play Leanne Baker.
