Louk crashes out in Oz but still cashes in

LOUK SORENSEN collected the biggest pay cheque of his career following his 6-3 7-6 (7/4) 7-5 defeat by giant American John Isner in the second round of the Australian Open yesterday.

The Irish right-hander picked up €20,242 for his efforts in his five matches at the Melbourne Park event.

The financial pickings on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour circuits are slim enough, and so far in his career Sorensen has only managed to amass €52,058.