Kiwis Take Doubles Title At ASB Pro Circuit

The New Zealand combination of Dan King-Turner and GD Jones won their fourth Futures doubles title together after a straight set win against their Chinese opponents at the US$15,000 ASB Pro Circuit at Albany Tennis Park, North Harbour.

 

The Kiwi duo were too good as they beat Mao-Xin and Xin-Yuan Yu from China 6-3 6-4 after several rain delays meant the final was played under lights. Jones and King-Turner will play together in the Hamilton and Wellington events over the next two weeks.

 

Jones is at a current high ATP doubles ranking of 306 while King-Turner stands at 296 after being as high as 182.

 

In the women’s US$10,000 Futures doubles final the pair of So-Jung Kim(Korea) and Ayaka Maekawa(Japan) defeated the Australian team of Alison Bai and Renee Binnie 7-5 7-6(4).

 

Men’s US$15,000 ASB Pro Circuit Doubles Final:

(3)Dan King-Turner(New Zealand)/GD Jones(New Zealand) bt Mao-Xin Gong(China)/Xin-Yuan Yu(China) 6-3 6-4.

Women’s US$10,000 ASB Pro Circuit Doubles Final:

So-Jung Kim(Korea)/Ayaka Maekawa(Japan) bt Alison Bai(Australia)/Renee Binnie(Australia) 7-5 7-6(4)