Johannesburg, South Africa – South African juniors have been invited to participate in the African Junior Teams’ Championships to be held in La Marsa (Tunis) – Tunisia from 3 to 10 June 2016.

South African juniors team to represent South Africa in Tunisia.   Picture credit: Tennis South Africa.
South African juniors team to represent South Africa in Tunisia.
Picture credit: Tennis South Africa.

Boys and girls in the under 14 and under 16 age groups have been invited.

The boys under 16 will compete in the Junior Davis Cup qualifiers and the girls under 16 in the Junior Fed Cup qualifiers where the South Africans will be hoping to qualify for the finals to be staged in Budapest, Hungary from 27 September to 2 October 2016.

The boys and girls under 14 will take part in the qualifiers for the world junior finals. The finals of the world juniors will be held in the Czech Republic from  1-7 August 2016.

The teams have been announced as follows:

Boys Under 16 Junior Davis Cup qualifiers

  1. Philip Henning  (FS)
  2. Justin Leibenberg (FS)
  3. Christiaan Worst (GN)

Coach: MC Olivier (FS)

 

Girls Under 16 Junior Fed Cup qualifiers

  1. Kaylin Bouwer (WP)
  2. Corin De Waal (Bol)
  3. Myah Petchey (WP)

Coach: Bridget Visee (WP)

 

Boys Under 14 World Junior qualifiers

  1. Khololwam Montsi (GN)
  2. Andreas Scott (GN)
  3. Damien Nezar (SWD)

Coach: Charles Mehlape (GN)

 

Girls Under 14 World Junior qualifiers

  1. Makayla Loubser (WP)
  2. Lara Van Der Merwe (NWP)
  3. Delien Kleinhans (FS)

Coach: Terrey Schweitzer (GE)