Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 18 March 2021 – South African tennis star Lloyd Harris maintained his fine form at the Dubai Tennis Championships (ATP 500) with a straight sets victory over Serbian 14th seed Filip Krajinovic on Wednesday night. The 24-year-old qualifier prevailed 7-6(5), 6-4…
Potchefstroom, South Africa, 17 February 2021 – South Africa’s Raven Klaasen and Ruan Roelofse survived a second set scare to beat Vit Kopriva and Vaclav Safranek of Czech Republic on Wednesday to progress to the semifinals at the Potch Open, ATP Challenger 80 tournament, at…
Melbourne, Australia, 14 February 2021 – South Africa’s leading women’s wheelchair tennis ace Kgothatso Montjane advanced to the Australian Open semi-final for the second time in her career by hammering Colombian world number 8 Angelica Bernal in Melbourne on Sunday. The 34-year-old produced a faultless…
Potchefstroom, South Africa, 14 February 2021 – Benjamin Bonzi claimed his maiden ATP Challenger title at the North-West University in Potchefstroom with a straight sets victory over Liam Broady from Britain. The 24-year-old French player dropped just one set all week en route to the…
Melbourne, Australia, 13 February 2021 – South Africa’s Lloyd Harris lost in straight sets to American wildcard Mackenzie Mcdonald in the third round of the men’s singles at the Australian Open, in Melbourne, on Saturday. McDonald has matched his best Grand Slam result by reaching…
Potchefstroom, South Africa, 12 February 2021 – South Africa’s run in the Potch Open came to an end on Friday after doubles top seeds Raven Klaasen and Roelofse were eliminated in the semifinals at the North-West University in Potchefstroom. Klaasen and Roelofse were the last…
GAUTENG – Yesterday, 18 January 2021 the Kempton Park Regional Court remanded Kelvin Chigwede (36) in custody for a charge of illegal dealing in rhino horns. In December last year, Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime in Germiston, Benoni SAPS and the South African National Parks (SANPARK)…
International men’s tennis returns to South Africa, under strict COVID-19 protocols, with the news that Tennis South Africa (TSA) will be hosting two weeks of back-to-back ATP Challenger events in early 2021. The two ATP Challenger 80 events will take place in a COVID-19 bio-bubble…
Tennis South Africa (TSA) has confirmed that the Ilana Kloss International – two weeks of back-to-back International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour events for women - will be taking place, under strict COVID-19 protocols, in February 2021. The two $25 000 prize money events,…
Pretoria, South Africa, 10 December 2020 – Tennis South Africa, and the wider local and international tennis community, mourns the loss of Gordon Forbes, who passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 86. Forbes was born on a farm near Burgersdorp in the Eastern…