KEY POINTS:
New Zealand Davis Cup player Rubin Statham has won through to the singles semifinals at the US$15,000 ($20,646) Daegu Futures in Korea.
Statham, a qualifier, had a walkover win over Taipei third seed Ti Chen which means he will now play Korean Hyun-Woo Nam for a place in the final.
In the doubles Dan King-Turner and Danish partner Fredrik Nielsen lost to fourth seeded Japanes players Satoshi Iwabuchi and Toshihide Matsui 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the semifinals.
At the US$25,000 ITF event at Catania in Italy, Leanne Baker and regular doubles partner, Nicole Kriz of Australia, lost 4-6 4-6 to Debbrich Feys (Belgium) and Daria Kustava (Belarus) in the final.
- NZPA