When my daughters were kids, I had a brief flirtation with being a tennis dad.

New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic has teamed up with Zimbabwe's Cara Black to reach the doubles final at the Madrid Masters.

In An-Ning, China, Statham made the second round of the singles before losing to third seed Ze Zhang in three sets.

The 2XU New Zealand Davis Cup team has been controversially awarded a victory against Pakistan.

If you work for ASB and you are in Takapuna's Sovereign House, Albany's C:Drive or are about to move into ASB North Wharf at Wynyard Quarter, then lucky you.

Marina Erakovic's recent run of good form came to an abrupt halt yesterday when she was ousted in the first round of the prestigious Indian Wells tennis tournament in California, going down 6-3 6-4 to former world No 12 Shahar Peer from Israel.

After her dream came true in the form of a breakthrough victory, it's back to the reality of the WTA tour for Marina Erakovic.