Results of the annual TSA Junior Masters being played at the Strand, Boland. Round 3 Boys 12 and under 6-Anro Nel (BOL) bt 7-Marshall Hullet (KZN) 6-2 6-1 2-Gerard Henning (FS) bt Joshua Roberts (WP) 6-1 6-1 1-Yarona Morule (GAU) bt 3-Aleksandar Simovski (GAU) 6-2 6-1 5-Daniel Crowie (GAU) bt 4-Ernst Gouws (GAU) 7-6(4) 6-2 Stephen Claassen (WP) bt Calvin Crouse (GAU) 6-2 6-4 8-Benjami Scott bt Sebastiano Sola (BOL) 6-4 6-4 14 and under 1-Kholo Montsi (GAU) bt 5-Carl Roothman (BOL) 6-2 6-1 4-Damien…

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For Attridgeville resident, Mpho Makhoba, winning the coveted 2016 Gauteng Sports Awards Technical Official of the year is a true honour. The softly spoken yet firm and decisive Makhoba, who is the Assistant Officiating Manager at Tennis South Africa (TSA), has certainly made her mark in tennis circles not only in the country but the continent. Makhoba recently became the first African female to be awarded a silver officiating badge by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as Chief Of Umpires. “Its nice to know that…

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Results of the annual TSA Junior Masters being played at the Strand, Boland.     Boys 12 and under 1-Yarona Morule (GAU) bt Calvin Crouse (GAU) 6-1 6-1 6-Anro Nel (BOL) bt John Coetzee (BOL) 6-1 6-2 5-Daniel Crowie (GAU) bt Sebastiano Sola (BOL) 6-2 5-7 11-9 Joshua Roberts (WP) bt Ernest Gouws (GAU) 3-6 6-2 10-5 8-Benjamin Scott (GAU) bt Stuart Van Der Merwe (GN) 6-1 6-0 3-Alexandar Simovski (GAU bt Stephen Claassen (WP) 6-3 6-3 7-Marshall Hullet (KZN) bt Wian Roothman (GAU) 6-3…

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Final Results of the Sportsmans Warehouse Boland TSA Series, a premier junior tennis tournament part of the Tennis South Africa Series, being in Strand, Cape Town. Singles Finals Boys 12 and Under 7-Joseph Townes (BOR) bt 4-Marshall Hulett (KZN) 6-3 6-2 14 and under 1-Tatenda Mutetwa (GAU) bt 2-Dylan Salton (GAU) &-6(4) 6-0 16 and under 2-Joubert Klopper (FS) bt 5-Gerhardt Becker (GAU) 6-4 7-5 Men 1-Justin Liebenberg (GAU) bt 2-Christiaan Worst ((GAU) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Girls 12 and under 2-Mikayla Plitt (GAU) bt 3-Leigh Van…

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Results of the Airports Company South Africa Bloem Open, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures tournament part of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour being played at the Oud Studente Tennis Club in Bloemfontein on Tuesday. RSA unless stated Semi-final round Singles Men 1-Leon Els bt 3-Alwande Skhosana 7-5 6-1 2-Marshall Marsh bt 4-Donald Ramphadi 6-7(4) 6-4 6-0 Women 1-Mariska Venter bt 6-Asive Gilifile 6-1 6-3 2-Thando Hlatswayo bt 3-Nokwanda Hlongwane 6-1 6-0 Juniors Boys 1-Alwande Skhosana bt 4-Tiisetso Motaung 6-2 6-0 2-Mpho Mhlongo bt 3-Ian…

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Quarterfinal Results of the Sportsmans Warehouse Boland TSA Series, a premier junior tennis tournament part of the Tennis South Africa Series, being played in Strand, Cape Town.     Singles Boys 12 and Under 1-Aleksandar Simovski (GAU) bt 8-Sebastino Sola (BOL) 6-2 6-2 4-Marshall Hulett (KZN) bt 5-Benjamin Scott (GAU) 6-1 6-1 Jushua Roberts (WP) bt Wian Roothman (GAU) 6-4 6-4 7-Joseph Townes (BOR) bt Stephen Claassen (WP) 7-6 6-0   14 and under 1-Tatenda Mutetwa (GAU) bt Joshua van Zyl (GAU) 6-4 6-1 3-Damien Nezar…

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Results of the Boland TSA Series, a premier junior tennis tournament part of the Tennis South Africa Series, being played in Strand, Cape Town.   Round 1 Singles Boys 12 and Under 1 Aleksandar Simovski (GAU) bt Mark Backeberg (WP) 6-2 6-2 Jan Botha (NW) bt Jake Downie (BOL) 6-4 6-1 Joshua Crowie (GAU) bt Viktor Linell (BOL) 6-2 3-6 6-4 8 Sebastino Sola (BOL) bt Drikus De Jager (BOL) 6-4 6-2 4 Marshall Hulett (KZN) bt Anrich Wessel (WP) 6-2 6-1 Jordan Georgiev (GAU) bt…

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Men Singles Previous             Current   45                     41 Kevin Anderson 370                   367 Lloyd Harris 388                   404 Nik Scholtz 506                   504 Tucker Vorster 1,176                1,174 Keith-Patrick Crowley 1,209                1,209 Dean O’Brien 1,351                1,348 Damon Gooch 1,380                1,382 Timothy Dollman 1,646                1,643 Taine Bernhard 1,753                1,749 Ruben Alberts   Doubles Previous              Current 10                     10 Raven Klaasen 150                   148 Dean O’Brien 170                   171 Ruan Roelofse 283                   281 Tucker Vorster 353                   367 Nik Scholtz 407                   423 Keith-Patrick Crowley 585                   583 Kevin Anderson 616                   615 Lloyd Harris 870…

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Chengdu, China; South Africa’s Raven Klaasen and American Rajeev Ram boosted their chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals as they captured their second ATP World Tour team title with a 7-6(2), 7-5 victory over Pablo Carreno Busta and Mariusz Fyrstenberg on Sunday in the final of the Chengdu Open. “This week we came with a goal in mind to improve our performance after the US Open,” said Ram. “We felt like we didn’t play as well as we could have there.…

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Top seed Richard Thongoana won the Curro Junior ITF 2 tennis tournament played in Stellenbosch. Thongoana battled against last week champion and second seed Joshau Howard-Tripp. As expected it was a fierce battle. Thongoana won 7-6, 6-1. It was like the wind was out of Howard-Tripp’s sails after losing the first set, because he had in chances throughout. Thongoana held his nerve in the tight tiebreak and after that it was like he was in cruise control to victory. “Obviously it was a good win.…

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The two top seeds in the boys’ draw – Richard Thongoana and Joshua Howard-Tripp – will face each other in Saturday’s Curro Junior ITF 2 final played in Stellenbosch. Number one Thongoana had a three set battle against third seed Bertus Kruger, who won both 2015 Curro Junior ITF tournaments. Kruger won the first set 6-0, but Thongoana broke Kruger’s serve immediately in the second set and from there the top seed took charge of the battle. The score of 0-6, 6-1 and 6-2 looks…

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Day 5 results of the Curro Junior ITF 2 being played in Stellenbosch, South Africa. All players South African unless otherwise stated. Singles Semi-finals Boys 1-Richard Thongoana bt 3-Bertus Kruger 0-6 6-1 6-2 2-Joshua Howard-Tripp bt 4-Ien Schouten (Ned) 7-5 6-2 Girls Holly Fischer (GBR) bt 4-Maxine Bateman 6-1 6-4 5-Adrienn Nagy (Hun) bt Diane Parry (Fra) 7-5 6-3 Doubles Round 2 Boys 1-Bertus Kruger/Richard Thongoana bt Dylan Puchert/Christian Van Der Wath 6-2 6-4 8-Pierre Malan/Charl Morgan bt Ruben Fortuin/Wikus Robbertse 6-1 6-3 3-Matthew Johnson/Ien…

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Men Singles Previous             Current   45                     45 Kevin Anderson 367                   370 Lloyd Harris 383                   388 Nik Scholtz 512                   506 Tucker Vorster 1,184                1,176 Keith-Patrick Crowley 1,078                1,209 Dean O’Brien 1,149                1,351 Damon Gooch 1,382                1,380 Timothy Dollman 1,647                1,646 Taine Bernhard 1,748                1,753 Ruben Alberts   Doubles Previous              Current   10                     10 Raven Klaasen 147                   150 Dean O’Brien 171                   170 Ruan Roelofse 284                   283 Tucker Vorster 346                   353 Nik Scholtz 408                   407 Keith-Patrick Crowley 586                   585 Kevin Anderson 618                   616 Lloyd Harris…

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Fourth seed Philip Henning toppled first seed Richard Thongoana in the semi-final of the Curro Junior ITF tennis tournament 1 played in Stellenbosch. Henning will face second seed Joshua Howard-Tripp in the final on Saturday. Henning and Thongoana played some high quality tennis and used every inch of the court in quality stroke play and epic rallies produced by both players. Henning won 7-5, 6-4. Howard-Tripp played against the only international player left in the boys’ draw Ien Schouten from Holland. The South African beat…

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The third day of the Curro Junior ITF tennis tournament in Stellenbosch produced some scintillating action. In the girls’ draw top seeds Minette van Vreden, Lexie Stevens from Holland, fourth seeded Adrienn Nagy from Hungary and Amelie Boy fifth seed from Mauritius are all through to the quarterfinals of the first junior tournament. Number one seed Van Vreden will now face Boy in the round of eight, while Stevens will come up against Holly Fischer from Britain. Megan Lombardi (8th seed) battled for some two…

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