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Lulu Sun Wimbledon Third Round Match To Be Shown Live In New Zealand Tonight
Friday, 5 July 2024, 4:00 pm | Tennis NZ
Sun and Zhu will clash on Court 15 at Wimbledon, with the match scheduled to start at 10pm NZT tonight. More >>
Lulu Sun's Fairytale Run At Wimbledon Continues
Thursday, 4 July 2024, 9:33 am | Tennis NZ
Lulu Sun has won her second-round match in the ladies singles, defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 4-6 6-3 6-2 in a battle that lasted two hours, 13 minutes. More >>
Lulu Sun Beats World No. 8 Zheng Qinwen At Wimbledon
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 7:42 am | Tennis NZ
Lulu Sun has pulled off one of the most remarkable victories in decades for a New Zealand tennis player, stunning world No 8 Zheng Qinwen 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the first round at Wimbledon. More >>
Michael Venus Wins At Queens For 24th Title Of Career
Monday, 24 June 2024, 8:45 am | Tennis NZ
In the final on Sunday, they defeated Karen Khachanov from Russia and America’s Taylor Fritz 4-6 7-6(5) 10-8, for what is Venus’s first title since winning the ATP 250 Doha tournament with Jamie Murray in February. More >>
Erin Routliffe Expected To Climb To No 2 In Rankings Following Nottingham Title
Monday, 17 June 2024, 7:56 am | Tennis NZ
Erin Routliffe is expected to move up to No 2 in the world rankings following her victory in the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Nottingham with Canada’s Gabby Dabrowski on Sunday. More >>
Erin Routliffe, Coco Gauff Into Italian Open Final
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 3:00 pm | Tennis NZ
Erin Routliffe and Coco Gauff are into the final of the Italian Open in Rome thanks to a straight-set victory over the Chinese duo of Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai. More >>
Lulu Sun Wins $100,000 WTT Tournament In Bonita Springs, Florida
Monday, 6 May 2024, 9:37 am | Tennis NZ
Sun had won six WTT tournaments previously, one W80 title, a W50, a W25 and three W15 titles, but this victory stands out as the best moment of the 23-year-old’s career. More >>
Lulu Sun Into Bonita Springs Final
Monday, 6 May 2024, 6:08 am | Tennis NZ
Lulu Sun is into the final of the $100,000 World Tennis Tour tournament in Bonita Springs, Florida thanks to an emphatic 6-3 6-1 semifinal win over American Ann Li. More >>
New Zealand Finish Billie Jean Cup With Win Over India
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 5:39 am | Tennis NZ
New Zealand has defeated India 2-1 on the final day of the Billie Jean King Cup tie in Changsha, China to finish fourth in the Asia/ Oceania Group I tournament. The win meant New Zealand joined India and South Korea with three wins and two losses. ... More >>
Crucial Win For New Zealand Over Chinese Taipei In Billie Jean King Cup
Friday, 12 April 2024, 7:50 pm | Tennis NZ
New Zealand has confirmed its status in Asia Oceania Group I of the Billie Jean King Cup for next year, thanks to a 2-1 win over Chinese Taipei on Friday. More >>
NZ Come Close To Winning Epic Doubles Match Against China
Friday, 12 April 2024, 8:23 am | Tennis NZ
New Zealand came within a whisker of pulling off a big upset in the Billie Jean King Cup tie against hosts China on Thursday, with Erin Routliffe and Lulu Sun losing 6-4 4-6 14-12 to Wang Xinyu and Hanyu Guo. More >>
Dominant Day For New Zealand Against Pacific Oceania
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 5:33 am | Tennis NZ
After the disappointment of losing 3-0 to South Korea on the opening day of the tournament, New Zealand won all three matches against Pacific Oceania on Wednesday, losing just one game across the six sets of tennis. More >>
Tough First Day For New Zealand At Billie Jean King Cup
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 6:31 am | Tennis NZ
Playing against South Korea in this Asia/Oceania Group I tournament, New Zealand lost 3-0 at Moon Island Clay Park, suffering defeats in both singles matches and the dead rubber in the doubles. More >>
NZ Captain To Target Opponents During Billie Jean King Cup
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 6:43 am | Tennis NZ
The tournament is being held on clay courts in Changsha, China, with the top two teams winning promotion to the playoffs and bottom two relegated to Asia/Oceania Group II. More >>
ASB Classic Star Lulu Sun Confirms Switch From Switzerland To New Zealand
Saturday, 16 March 2024, 9:24 pm | Tennis NZ
New Zealand tennis has a player on the verge of cracking into the top 150, with Lulu Sun confirming she has switched national allegiances from Switzerland to the country of her birth. The 22-year-old from Te Anau, who is ranked 151 in the world ... More >>
Michael Venus And Marcus Daniell Knocked Out In Second Round Of US Open Doubles
Saturday, 5 September 2020, 2:15 pm | Tennis NZ
Both Kiwis crash out of US Open doubles in second round Michael Venus and Marcus Daniell have both suffered surprise second round defeats in their respective US Open men’s doubles matches in New York. Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen proved their ... More >>
Mixed Draws For Kiwis In US Open Doubles
Saturday, 29 August 2020, 6:50 pm | Tennis NZ
Kiwis find out their opponents for US Open doubles Kiwis Michael Venus and Marcus Daniell have received mixed draws for the US Tennis Open in New York next week. The doubles draw has been made this morning with Venus the world number 11 and his Australian ... More >>