Kiwi No2 Dan King-Turner has won the singles title at the US$15,000 tennis Futures in Wellington, his first Futures title in New Zealand and his fourth overall.
King-Turner defeated Korean Davis Cup player, Young-Jun Kim 6-4 6-1 to take the ASB Pro Circuit title in blustery conditions at the Renouf Tennis Centre.
The one hour and four minute clash looked to be a tough challenge for King-Turner with Kim displaying a full array of winners early on in the match.
The Kiwi was able to break his opponents serve in the seventh game and then in the second set was able to apply pressure to Kim’s game as the Korean only held serve once in the second set.
“he’s very talented,” said King-Turner “He was playing pretty well at the start, but I was able to serve well and continue on from the past couple of weeks. I like the courts here and hope it’s things to come. It’s a step in the right direction towards a ranking of 300 again,” said King-Turner.
The win by King-Turner was only the second by a Kiwi male in Futures following on from Simon Rea’s success a couple of years ago in Hamilton.
In the women’s final Korean qualifier So-Jung Kim beat fifth seeded countrywoman Kyung-Yee Chae 4-6 6-3 7-5.
ASB Pro Circuit results:
Men’s US$15,000 singles final:
Dan King-Turner(New Zealand) bt Young-Jun Kim(Korea) 6-4 6-2.
Women’s US$10,000 singles final:
(Q)So Jung Kim(Korea) bt (5)Kyung-Yee Chae(Korea) 4-6 6-3 7-5.
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