For the Kiwi expats who wanted good news about New Zealand No 1 Marina Erakovic - there is none. She was eliminated in the first round of the WTA grand prix women's tennis tournament in Fez today. Erakovic tells us her serve let her down in the second and third sets. Her opponent started to play better and got some of her serves back and played well, she reflected.
Tennis is not big with the locals in fact The View from Fez couldn't find one person who knew the event was happening.Anyway, here are the gory details of Marina's exit.
She was beaten 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the first round by 98th ranked Romanian Sorana Cirstea.
She will now focus on the doubles and is seeded fourth with partner Russian Alina Jidkova.
The Aucklander has one more WTA clay court tournament in Istanbul next month prior to her French Open debut at Roland Garros.
Meanwhile, New Zealand's Davis Cup player Rubin Statham has jumped 104 places in the latest men's rankings following his semifinal effort at an ATP Challenger tournament in the United last weekend.
Statham's world ranking is up to 430, cementing his place as New Zealand No 2 behind the 322nd ranked Dan King Turner.
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