Tennis: Kiwi pair beaten

New Zealand pair Dan King-Turner and Sacha Jones were beaten in quarter-final matches in Australian ITF tournaments yesterday.

Fifth seed King-Turner, New Zealand's leading male player, lost to third-seeded Australian Rameez Junaid at the F4 Futures event in Canberra 6-2, 7-6.

Auckland teenager Jones was beaten by top seeded Australian Casey Dell'Acqua 6-2, 7-5, but not before having three set point chances at 5-2 up in the second set against the world's No 154 player.