There's been a quartet of defeats for New Zealand tennis players around the world in doubles matches.
In Dubai, second seeded pair Erin Routliffe and Gaby Dabrowski lost a tight match 6-4, 3-6, 10-2 against Czech Linda Noskova and Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan).
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Lulu Sun and Peyton Stearns were set to face top seeds Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) and American Taylor Townsend in the second round. However Stearns had to withdraw injured.
Earlier Stearns lost her singles match against Mirra Andreeva 6-1 6-1.
Also in the Middle East, but in Doha Michael Venus and Croatia's Nikola Mektic went down 4-6 6-3 10-3 to the British pair of Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury, in a match that lasted for one hour, 26 minutes.
At the Glasgow Challenger in Scotland Davis Cup team member Finn Reynolds and American Mac Kiger were beaten by second seeds Daniel Cukierman (Israel) and Josh Paris 6-4, 6-4.