New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic continued her recent winning form with a win in the first round of the $US25,000 ITF tournament in Jackson, Mississipi.
Erakovic beat Alexandra Mueller (USA) 7-5, 6-2 and will face German Laura Siegemund, ranked 184th in the world, in the second round.
New Zealand's Artem Sitak and partner Nima Roshan are through to the doubles final at the $US15,000 Futures tournament in Alabama.
They beat Sweden's Daniel Danilovic and Joshua Zavala (USA) 7-6(9), 6-4 in the semifinals. Sitak and Roshan meet American's Taylor Flogleman and Benjamin Rogers in the final.
In Australia, New Zealanders Rubin Statham and Michael Venus are through to the quarterfinals of the singles and doubles finals of $US15,000 Futures tournament in Bundaberg.
Statham beat Australian Jonathon Cooper 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1 in the second round and faces third seed Erik Chvojka of Canada in the quarterfinals.
Venus went up against 14-year-old Australian Thanasis Kokkinakis in his second-round match, taking the first set 7-1 in a tiebreak before winning the second set convincingly 6-1. Second seed Venus now plays Austrlian Matt Reid in the quarters.
After an easy first round win against Kyle Stoker (Australia) 6-0, 6-3, New Zealander Marcus Daniell went down 6-7, 1-6 in the second round to Michael Look (Australia)
In the doubles, Venus and Reid knocked out top-seeded Australians James Lemke and Dane Propoggia in the semifinals 6-3, 3-6 (10-7). Second seeds Statham and Chvojka beat Chris Letcher and Brendan Moore of Australia 5-7, 6-1 (10-5).
At the same venue, Sacha Jones is through to the quarterfinals after beating Japan's Yurika Sema 6-4, 6-3 in the second round.
