Tennis: Kiwi players through to second round

New Zealand's top two men's players had straight set wins into the second round of the Futures tennis tournament in Wellington yesterday.

Rubin Statham and Dan King-Turner moved past the first round of the US$15,000 ASB Pro Circuit men's draw, with Statham beating fellow Kiwi Adam Thompson 6-3, 6-4 and King-Turner accounting for Solomon Islands player Michael Leong 6-3, 6-1. Five other Kiwis lost their matches.