Tennis: Nielsen left to fly the flag at Heineken Open

9:30 AM

All four kiwis have crashed out in the first round of qualifying for the Heineken Tennis Open.

Alistair Hunt suffered a 7-5, 6-3 loss to Michael Russell of the USA, while Lee Radovanovich went down 6-1, 6-3 to Sweden's Johan Settergren.

James Greenhalgh was beaten by Karol Kucera 7-5, 6-4 and Rob Cheyne had a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 loss to Italian Marzio Martelli.

The only New Zealander in the main draw, Mark Nielsen has drawn big serving Brit Greg Rusedski in the first round.

- IRN