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New Zealand will look to wrap up their Davis Cup tie against Pacific Oceania today after winning both singles matches in straight sets at the Edgar Centre, Dunedin, yesterday.
Dan King-Turner gave the home team an early lead in their Asia-Oceania group two round one clash, beating West Nott from the Marshall Islands 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in one hour 52 minutes, but the match was not without a scare.
King-Turner, 22, the only South Islander in the New Zealand team, had a nervous start.
His serve was broken in the third game, but he fought back, breaking Nott's serve in the sixth game and then again in the eighth game before serving out to take the set.
The second set featured just one break of serve in King-Turner's favour and while he lost a game on his serve in the third set he again rallied to take the match.
"It was one of the worst starts I could have had," Nelson-born King-Turner said.
"I was struggling to get used to the way he was playing. He wasn't giving me any pace.
"He was very, very quick around the court and wasn't hitting the ball as hard as I was used to, but I always felt I had the measure of his serve."
If there were worries about Simon Rea would perform in the second singles role in his return to the New Zealand team after an an absence since 2004, the 24-year-old from North Harbour quickly allayed them.
His tactical approach worked like clockwork against his athletic opponent, Michael Leong from the Solomon Islands.
Rea won the match 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in one hour 37 minutes against the Pacific Oceania No 1.
"It's good to be back. There were a few nerves and that resulted in a feeling-out process at the start of the match, but after I settled down the tennis was of a pretty high standard. These guys were no pushover for Dan or me."
- NZPA
