New Zealand tennis players struggle for wins
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Not a great week for New Zealand tennis players around the world with results going against them.
At Wimbledon Erin Routliffe and American Nicole Mellchar-Martinez lost their first round doubles while in the mixed Routliffe and Andre Goransson of Sweden lost their first round encounter.
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In the men's doubles Michael Venus and Yuki Bhambri of India were defeated in the first round of the men's doubles.
In California the kiwi pair of Finn Reynolds and James Watt would have made the main draw of Wimbledon had they waited and signed in, however as the 13th alternate pair they competed at the Cary Challenger as defenging champions.
As top seeds Reynolds and Watt dropped one set on the way to final, however retaining the title proved a step too far.
The kiwi team lost to Finland's Patrik Niklas-Salminen and Korea's Nam Ji-sung 5-7, 7-5, 10-8.
They now play in the Hall of Fame Challenger on grass in Newport where they are the second seeds.
