New Zealand's Dan King-Turner fell short in his first professional tennis singles final, going down in the US$25,000 ($35,226) Israel satellite tournament at Jaffa.
King-Turner, 20, was beaten 7-6 6-2 by Frenchman and sixth seed Xavier Audouy.
Earlier the Cantabrian beat Israel's Amir Hadad, a former world top-200 player 6-1 4-3 retired in the quarterfinals before downing fifth seeded Slovak, Frantisek Polyak 6-2 6-2 in the semifinals.
- NZPA
Tennis: King-Turner misses out
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