AUCKLAND CITY — She has multiple world titles and in a very physical sport which includes sparring she is nicknamed ‘Mouse’.
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She’s the only New Zealand player to make it through to the second round of the women’s singles and had to brave a feisty opponent to do so.
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North Harbour’s Vicki Copeland was the star of the show for the locals early on day two at New Zealand Badminton Open.
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The New Zealand Configure Express Fed Cup tennis team has been confirmed with some new faces to the side which will compete in Asia/Oceania Group II in Kazakhstan in early February.
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Kiwi tennis pro Marcus Daniell has won his third Futures doubles title in a row.
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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has this weekend announced the twelve host countries for the 2014-2017 BWF World Superseries cycle – including Sydney as one of the hosts for the very first time.
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It’s been a good weekend for New Zealand men’s tennis with three titles in Asian ITF Futures events.
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Although rarely acknowledged and generally behind the scenes, Sport Auckland has continued to find and run ways in which communities can work together for positive results.
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The 2XU Compression New Zealand Davis Cup tennis team is ready and waiting for their Asia/Oceania Group I Relegation Playoff clash against Taiwan this weekend.
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New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus has hit good form as he builds up to the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against Chinese Taipei in Taipei this week.
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Hawkes Bay tennis junior Finn Reynolds has this afternoon won the Australian 12u Spring Nationals tennis title played at Sydney’s Olympic Park Tennis Centre.
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New Zealand tennis player, Marvin Barker has won his second doubles title at the Mexico Futures in the city of Manzanillo in consecutive weeks.
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New Zealand Davis Cup team member Dan King Turner has been beaten overnight by Thailand’s Kittipong Wachiramanowong in the second round of qualifying at the US$550,000 at the ATP Thailand Open in Bangkok.
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New Zealand tennis No1 Marina Erakovic has been beaten in the first round of the US Open.
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Kiwi tennis player, Marina Erakovic has got off to a winning, albeit a long winning start to the WTA US$220,000 Texas Open in Dallas.
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Kiwi tennis player Marina Erakovic has this morning won the doubles title at the WTA premier event US$740,000 Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California.
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AUCKLAND — New Zealand competitors have shown through to make the semifinals of four of the five events at the Sotx Auckland Badminton International at Gillies Ave, despite the strength of players from badminton stronghold, Taipei.
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The Sotx Auckland Badminton International has become a benefit for players from the badminton stronghold of Taiwan with the depth and talent of that nation showing through.
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There were no major upsets in the first days play at the Sotx Auckland Badminton International at Gillies Ave with all of the big name players progressing through the initial matches.
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Play gets underway tomorrow (Thursday) at the Sotx Auckland Badminton International with some intriguing clashes in the early rounds of the tournament which features several Olympians and a former Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
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AUCKLAND — Top badminton returns to New Zealand with the staging of the Sotx Auckland International next weekend featuring close to 100 players from 11 nations.
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A couple of potential new stars emerged from the 2012 New Zealand Table Tennis Junior Open, ITTF Global Junior Circuit event played in Auckland over the weekend.
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AUCKLAND CITY — After looking good through the early stages of the tournament local players were not able to make an impact in the semifinals of the 2012 New Zealand Table Tennis Junior Open and ITTF Global Junior Circuit played in Auckland.
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New Zealand has won the junior men’s title in the teams event at the 2012 New Zealand Junior Open on the ITTF Global Junior Circuit in Auckland, but only after a struggle and having to defeat one of their own in the process.
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The New Zealand junior men’s table tennis team has managed to hold on for a win against Australia in the semifinals of the teams event at the 2012 New Zealand Junior Open on the ITTF Global Junior Circuit in Auckland.
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What should have been a straightforward contest on paper became a bit of a nightmare for the New Zealand junior men’s team at the 2012 New Zealand Junior and Cadet Open on the ITTF Global Junior Circuit in Auckland.
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The tables are busy with over 100 players and officials from nations around Oceania and Asia competing over the next four days at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium in Gillies Ave for the 2012 KVB Kunlun TTNZ New Zealand Junior and The Global Junior Circuit Open.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The winners and teams have been confirmed for the Oceania Cadet Challenge Table Tennis competition held in Auckland with New Zealand dominating the competition which is the premier event for under15 year olds.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Over 100 table tennis players and officials from nations around Oceania and Asia hit the tables later this week and next at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium in Gillies Ave for the 2012 KVB Kunlun TTNZ New Zealand Junior and Cadet Open.
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AUCKLAND CITY — With the completion of the New Zealand badminton National Championships there is no rest for the sport in Auckland as the the Kiwi Cup Masters International Badminton tournament gets underway this Thursday 22nd March running until the finals Sunday 25 March.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Waikato player TJ Weistra has the opportunity to go one better than last year as he continues to try and fight his way to the finals of the 2012 National Badminton Championships in Auckland.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The first couple of rounds of singles at the 2012 National Badminton Championships had no upsets on the court but did have the men's top seed, Southland's James Eunson pull out with a bout of the flu.
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AUCKLAND CITY — It's a busy couple of weeks for Badminton around New Zealand with two events being held in Auckland.
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WELLINGTON CITY — China's Ying-Ying Duan was celebrating in Wellington after winning her first singles title at US$25,000 Challenger level as she emphatically took away the final of the Configure Express Pro Women's tournament at Wellington's Renouf Tennis Centre indoors.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The semifinals of the US$25000 Configure Express Pro Women's Challenger have been moved indoors at the Renouf Tennis Centre as a result of heavy rain in Wellington.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Two Kiwi-born players will take the court as the second round of US$25,000 Configure Express Pro women’s tennis Challenger at the Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington continues.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Former Kiwi tennis No1 Sacha Jones will start her campaign for a title on New Zealand soil tomorrow (Tuesday) when she takes to the court in the US$25,000 Configure Express Pro Challenger event at the Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington.
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Three of the four wildcards for the US$25,000 Configure Express Pro Circuit Women’s tennis event in Wellington, 28 February - 4 March at the Renouf Centre have been confirmed with a mix of youth and experience set to take to the court in search of international rankings.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The entry list for the US$25,000 Configure Express Pro Circuit Women’s tennis event in Wellington, 28 February - 4 March at the Renouf Centre has been released with a few players sure to provide some interest.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The entry list for the US$25,000 Configure Express Pro Circuit Women’s tennis event in Wellington, 28 February - 4 March at the Renouf Centre has been released with a few players sure to provide some interest.
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New Zealand has lost its Asia/Oceania Group I Round I Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan 3-2 after winning the final singles matches.
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Uzbekistan have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in their BNP Paribas Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1 first round tie against New Zealand at the TECT Arena in Tauranga.
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New Zealand are in a tough position going into day two of their Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I Round I tie against Uzbekistan at the TECT Arena in Tauranga after losing the first two singles matches.
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Rubin Statham has been selected as New Zealand’s second singles player in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 round 1 Davis Cup tie between New Zealand and Uzbekistan starting tomorrow indoors at TECT Arena in Tauranga.
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Being back in the New Zealand Davis Cup tennis team is something pretty special for Dan King-Turner in a career which has often had significant chunks taken away by injuries.
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Tennis fans will be able to watch the 2XU Compression New Zealand Davis Cup team live even if they can’t make it to the Asia/Oceania Group I Round 1 tie against Uzbekistan, indoors at the TECT Arena, Baypark, Tauranga 10-12 February.
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NELSON — Wellington have won the Christchurch Cup for the first time since its 1985 inception to become the 2011 Masters Inter-District Team Champs after three days of competition at Nelson Squash Club.
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Waikato badminton coach, TJ Weistra has become the first New Zealander to ever claim a BWF World Championship title.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Waikato have won the Wisden Cup inter-provincial badminton competition for the second year in a row going through the round robin competition undefeated, winning the final contest of the competition against Auckland in a closely fought tie 9-7 played at North Harbour.
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Waikato are on target to win back-to-back Wisden Cup titles, the supremacy for inter-provincial badminton.
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The calculators were out in badmintons national provincial championships, the historic Wisden Cup being held at North Harbour this week as Waitakere put a temporary dent in Southland’s title hopes on a games countback, winning by just 18 to 17.
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In one of the strongest displays of provincial rivalry in years the Wisden and Slazenger Cup inter-provincial badminton competitions got underway today at North Harbour with teams literally scattered with former world stars plus some of the best current locals and those from years past.
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DUNEDIN — Auckland has made a clean sweep of the under15 and under17 teams badminton titles at the completion of play in Palmerston North.
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The New Zealand under23 Badminton national championships get underway tomorrow (Friday) at the Waikato Badminton Centre with some of nations best players taking part.
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PALMERSTON NORTH — Top level squash is at Palmerston North this weekend with the staging of the Central Squash Open at Squash Gym Palmerston North.
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AUCKLAND CITY — World No15 and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jaclyn Hawkes has helped put her Remuera team in a potential winning position for the prestigious Mitchell Cup squash club competition.
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Commonwealth Games medallists and plenty of the sports elite will be putting their reputations on the line this weekend, July 22.-24 in the top teams competition in the sport of Squash.
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A strong New Zealand junior women’s squash team for the world championships in Boston next month has been confirmed.
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MANUKAU CITY — New Zealand players won three of the five titles on offer at the Counties Manukau Badminton International in Papakura, once again dominating the doubles events, but missing glory in singles.
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AUCKLAND — Auckland squash player Kashif Shuja has won the $10,000 South Australian Open in Adelaide in a marathon battle over local Mike Corren.
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MANUKAU CITY — The semifinals of the Counties Manukau Badminton International are being dominated by a few families as various brothers and sisters appear in all of the draws.
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MANUKAU CITY — The Counties Manukau Badminton International Futures tournament starts this afternoon with the shadow of the volcanic ash cloud hovering over it.
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New Zealand junior squash player Megan Craig has won her second successive title in as many weeks in Malaysia.
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New Zealand junior squash players are putting in a good showing in Asia with both Megan Craig from Marlborough and Ellie Epk(Auckland) reaching their respective tournament finals at the Penang Junior Open in Malaysia.
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DUNEDIN — North Harbour’s Anona Pak is the dominate force in junior badminton in New Zealand after winning all three available titles at the national under-19 championships in Dunedin today.
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LOWER HUTT — Multi Commonwealth Games medallist Joelle King cruised to the women’s singles title at the Wellington Squash Open at Mitchell Park.
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LOWER HUTT — Multi Commonwealth Games medallist Joelle King looks set to cruise to the women’s title at the Wellington Squash Open this weekend, however her stay in the men’s draw was short-lived as the world No14 was beaten by former internationally ranked Sam Atkins of Wellington in straight games.
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LOWER HUTT — The Wellington Squash Open gets underway tomorrow(Friday) at the Mitchell Park Squash Club, Hutt Valley with a solid draw in the Open singles, including the appearance of world No14 Joelle King in both the men’s and women’s section.
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New Zealand squash player Campbell Grayson has won the US$10,000 PSA tournament at Goiania Open in, Goiania, Brazil.
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HAMILTON — Delhi Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist, Joelle King has won the women’s singles title at the Waikato Squash Open where she defeated Bay Of Plenty’s Amanda Landers-Murphy in straight games.
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The twelve-strong Paralympics New Zealand team for the Arafura Games in Darwin 7-14 May, 2011 has been confirmed with athletes from the sports of athletics, swimming and table tennis.
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A strong Paralympics New Zealand Para-cycling team will begin competition today at the Para-cycling World Cup event which will be held at the Olympic Park & Eastern Creek International Raceway, Sydney.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The future of squash in New Zealand appears in good hands after the completion of the New Zealand Juniors Championships at the North Shore Club in Auckland.
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A team of 16 New Zealanders are heading to Darwin next month to compete at the Arafura Games.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Players from Japan and Singapore dominated the finals of the US$15,000 Li-Ning New Zealand Badminton International at the North Shore Event Centre sharing all of the titles between them.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The quarterfinals of the US$15,000 Li-Ning NZ Badminton International proved to be a graveyard for the higher ranked seeds as their lower ranked opponents showed little respect for word rankings and played above themselves.
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AUCKLAND CITY — It was a case of different fortunes for men’s and women’s singles tournament top seeds on day two of the US$15,000 Li-Ning NZ Badminton International at the North Shore Events Centre.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The qualifying rounds of the US$15,000 Li-Ning New Zealand Badminton International get underway tomorrow (Wednesday) with a number of feature players and several nations aiming to have their competitors win through to the main draw of the tournament which starts the following day at the North Shore Events Centre.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Junior Female Sparring: Feathe-Light Weight: Hetal Shukla(Auckland) 1, Kaysea Cronin(BOP) 2.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The 2011 Li-Ning New Zealand Badminton International has punched above its weight with the list of entries confirmed today.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The New Zealand Badminton International in 2011 is expected to be one of the best yet with the confirmation that a naming-rights sponsor has been secured for the Thursday 31 March – Sunday 3 April event to be held at the North Shore Events Centre.
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New Zealand has won gold on the third and final day of the 2011 Para-Cycling Track World Championships at the Velodrome “FassaBortolo” in Montichiari, Italy.
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WELLINGTON CITY — New Zealand has totally dominated the 2011 World Taekwon-Do Championships which were completed on Sunday evening in Wellington winning double the number of gold medals as the second placed nation.
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New Zealand has won a bronze medal at the 2011 Para-Cycling Track World Championships at the Velodrome “FassaBortolo” in Montichiari, Italy.
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WELLINGTON CITY — New Zealand’s Carl Van Roon is the hero of the 2011 ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships in Wellington after the 27-year-old won two gold medals in spectacular fashion.
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WELLINGTON CITY — New Zealand has gained early success in the initial stages of day two of the 2011 ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships at the TSB Arena in Wellington with three gold medals.
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WELLINGTON CITY — After the first session of the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships in Wellington the home team was the leading nation, heading the medal table with two golds, two silver medals and three bronze .
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WELLINGTON CITY — The 2011 World Taekwon-Do Championships are already making an impact on Wellington city with over 1500 athletes and officials adding plenty of colour to the Capital.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington is set to be almost booked out over the next week with the 2011 World Taekwon-Do Championships coming to the city.
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The team for the 2011 UCI Para-Cycling World Track Championships has been confirmed for the March 11-13 event which will take place in Montichiari, Italy.
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The New Zealand Davis Cup tennis team for next month’s Asia Oceania Group I tie, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, against Uzbekistan has been confirmed with one new name in the line up.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The New Zealand team for the IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, is set to go into camp as the excitement for the event builds.
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There are just 50 days to go until January's IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, and event organisers believe that this event will propel Paralympic sport in New Zealand to a new level.
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AUCKLAND — The calculators will be out in Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis after the two top men’s teams finished the round robin on a countback of games against each other and then a countback on points to finish equal first.
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WELLINGTON CITY — New Zealand tennis player Rubin Statham couldn’t quite close out the match in the doubles final at the US$15,000 Futures tournament in Wellington.
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