Australian Open
Twenty-three days into 2018, Queenstown pro tennis player Ben McLachlan smashed his goal for the entire year.
McLachlan wanted to break into the top 40 doubles world rankings – but by qualifying for the doubles semi-finals of the Australian Open,...
"CRAZY", "surreal" and "bloody exciting".
That's how Queenstowner Craig McLachlan describes his son Ben's incredible, career-defining run in the Australian Open tennis grand slam.
Ben, 25, and his German doubles partner Jan-Lennard Struff qualified for today's semi-final after beating world no.1-ranked...