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Statham Defeated By Top 100 Player

Friday 7 September 2012, 11:09AM

By Tennis NZ

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New Zealand Davis Cup player, Rubin Statham has been beaten in the second round of the main draw at  the US$50,000 Shanghai Challenger.

Statham had won through three rounds of qualifying and had defeated Taiwanese Davis Cup player Tsung-Hua Yang in three sets in the first round. However, this afternoon he was  defeated by top seed and world No64 Yen-Hsun Lu(Taipei) 7-5 6-1. The match took one hour 18 minutes, with the Kiwi staying with his opponent through the first set until the 11th game.

In the second set the more experienced Lu was able to take control and break Statham’s serve on a number of occasions and run away with the set and the match.

Statham will now prepare for the Davis Cup tie against India in India next week.