The quality of tennis at the Curro Junior ITF 1 tennis tournament in Stellenbosch took an upward curve on quarterfinals day. The top four seeded boys will play in the semi-finals. Top seed Richard Thongoana had a fierce battle with eight-seeded Lleyton Cronje and was…
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…
Day 3 results of the Curro Junior ITF 1 being played in Stellenbosch, South Africa. All players South African unless otherwise stated. Singles Girls Round 2 Diane Parry bt 1-Minette Van Vreden (Fra) 6-2 6-2 5-Amelie Boy (Mri) bt Lize-Alet Morkel 6-2 6-1 4-Adrienn…
South Africa's leading men's wheelchair tennis ace Evans Maripa was named Sportsman of the Year with a Disability for the first time at the Limpopo Sports and Recreation awards revealed at Protea Hotel Ranch Resort on Saturday evening. The 26-year-old who recently represented South Africa…
Singles Day 1 results of the Curro Junior ITF 1 being played in Stellenbosch, South Africa. All players South African unless otherwise stated. Round 1 Boys Robbie Arends bt Jean Durand 6-3 3-6 6-0 Kholo Motsi bt Gerhardt Becker 7-6 (5) 6-4 Daniel Kotze bt…
Everything went according to plan on day one of the Curro Junior ITF 1 international tennis tournament in Stellenbosch on Monday. With the sun out and no wind to bother the players it was perfect playing conditions at the Coetzenburg courts on the University of…
As they say in the classics, the older you get the better you get and how true that was for the South African Women 70 years and older tennis team. The team comprising of Petro Kruger (Boland), Elmarie Lategan (Eden), Mave Samuels (Western Province) and…
Thursday, 15 September 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. – South Africa's Lucas Sithole, ranked three in the world, missed out on a bronze medal as he went down 1-6 6-2 7-5 to the American six-time Paralympic medalist David Wagner in a grueling one hour and…
Newly crowned US Open champions, Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber started their successful professional tennis careers playing the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit. The ITF Junior Circuit, played around the world in over 124 countries, is the most prestigious junior tennis circuit on the…
The seventh Paralympic wheelchair tennis event gets underway on Friday, September 9 with three divisions on display; quad’s singles, men’s singles and women’s doubles, as wheelchair tennis prepares to entertain at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rio de Janeiro. The day will see three South…