Kiwi Artem Sitak and his partner Nicholas Monroe are out of the ASB Classic, beaten in the semifinals of the doubles event. Sitak and Monroe were under pressure from the start on Friday, with Sitak broken in their first service game. After games went with serve in the first four games of the second set, Erlich and Lipsky grabbed another break. Sitak and Monroe were struggling to find the middle of their racquets and were being dominated at the net. But they couldn't stave off a third - as Sitak netted a volley - and Elrich and Lipsky wrapped up the victory in 65 minutes.​- NZ Herald

Source: New Zealand Herald January 13, 2017 03:48 UTC