3 Jul 2024

Tiny NZ town rallying behind young tennis star

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 3 July 2024

A Southland town is abuzz after one of its youngsters pulled off a massive tennis upset on the world stage. Te Anau born Lulu Sun beat world number eight Qinwen Zheng in the first round of the women's singles at Wimbledon overnight yesterday. Sun switched allegiances from Switzerland to New Zealand in March and is the first Kiwi player to make a grand slam singles main draw in seven years. RNZ Niva Chittock reports.