Artem Sitak had to inform his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof to not even think about defending his title in Sydney next month. Sitak's regular partner, Wesley Koolhof won the Sydney tournament, which is the same week as the men's ASB Classic with Matwe Middelkoop. "He has never been to New Zealand," Sitak said of Koolhof. READ MORE* Tearney wins Wellington Open* Final Classic wildcard reserved for star* Artem Sitak goes separate ways with doubles partnerFor all New Zealand players, the Classic is one of the most important tournaments of the year. Classic tournament director Karl Budge always tries to put the Kiwi doubles players on centre court and Sitak says he feels it a special place for him.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2017 23:27 UTC