IT’S ON TO the Australian Open.
Darian King’s run at the City of Onkaparinga Tennis Challenger is done. The top-ranked Bajan tennis player lost his quarter-final match against American Denis Kudla yesterday in Adelaide, Australia.
Playing a warm-up for the upcoming qualifying rounds of the Australian Open, the 24-year-old King fell to the third seed 6-2, 6-2 in the searing Australian heat.
Kudla will face Peter Gojowczyk in the semis after the German downed giant killer Ruben Bemelmans – who took out world No.88 Donald Young in the first round – 7-6(6), 6-4 in an earlier quarter-final.
King, ranked No.152, is likely to open qualifying rounds of the year’s first Grand Slam on Monday or Tuesday. (JM)