Tennis tourney delights Kaulinge
The Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) president, Samson Kaulinge, expressed joy over the association's just-ended tournament.
The Senior NTA Tennis tournament took off on Friday 16 June at the Central Tennis Club in Olympia.
NTA president lauded all the participants for taking part in the tournament.
Kaulinge said that he was impressed by the juniors who had entered the tournament.
He further urged the future stars to continue training in order to improve their standards.
A total of 23 players entered the tournament, displaying incredible tennis skills.
The men's side was made up of the A and B section for the singles and one section for the doubles, while the women only had one section and no doubles.
The women's side was dominated by Melissa Khupe who won all her matches in a round robin format.
One of the matches she won was the one against the runner up Hendrina Apollus with the scores at 6-2, 6-0.
The men's A section had much competition and saw FNB development player Risto Shikongo face off against highly ranked Minichel Alemu for a spot in the finals in an exciting 2 set match that Alemu dominated with the scores of 6-2,7-6.
The winner of the men's A section was Deon Van Dyk who played exceptionally well and put up a strong front as all his matches where three setters.
Van Dyk had to defeat the resilient Grant Rau for a spot in the finals with the scores 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Van Dyk went on to face Alemu in the finals and again showed his dominance by putting up a good fight and giving an entertaining three set match with the scores 5-7,7-6,6-4.
The men's B section was made up of two groups A and B .Group A's winner Gerhard Barnard had to play against the runner up in group B Luca Monteforte to make it to the finals and he won with the scores 7-5,6-0.
The group B winner Lawrence played against the group A runner up Samson Kaulinge to make it to the finals and lost to Kaulinge 3-6, 3-6.
The men's section B finals saw Samson Kaulinge beating his opponent Gerhard Barnard with the scores 6-4, 6-3.
The men's doubles only had one section with the duo in the FNB Development programme Elias Shikongo and Ronaldo Uirab beating their opponents Samson Kaulinge and Lawrence with the scores 6-2,1-6,11-9 in a very exciting three set match.
The next NTA tournament is the Sanlam NTA tournament to be hosted from 23 to 24 of June.
Sport Reporter
The Senior NTA Tennis tournament took off on Friday 16 June at the Central Tennis Club in Olympia.
NTA president lauded all the participants for taking part in the tournament.
Kaulinge said that he was impressed by the juniors who had entered the tournament.
He further urged the future stars to continue training in order to improve their standards.
A total of 23 players entered the tournament, displaying incredible tennis skills.
The men's side was made up of the A and B section for the singles and one section for the doubles, while the women only had one section and no doubles.
The women's side was dominated by Melissa Khupe who won all her matches in a round robin format.
One of the matches she won was the one against the runner up Hendrina Apollus with the scores at 6-2, 6-0.
The men's A section had much competition and saw FNB development player Risto Shikongo face off against highly ranked Minichel Alemu for a spot in the finals in an exciting 2 set match that Alemu dominated with the scores of 6-2,7-6.
The winner of the men's A section was Deon Van Dyk who played exceptionally well and put up a strong front as all his matches where three setters.
Van Dyk had to defeat the resilient Grant Rau for a spot in the finals with the scores 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Van Dyk went on to face Alemu in the finals and again showed his dominance by putting up a good fight and giving an entertaining three set match with the scores 5-7,7-6,6-4.
The men's B section was made up of two groups A and B .Group A's winner Gerhard Barnard had to play against the runner up in group B Luca Monteforte to make it to the finals and he won with the scores 7-5,6-0.
The group B winner Lawrence played against the group A runner up Samson Kaulinge to make it to the finals and lost to Kaulinge 3-6, 3-6.
The men's section B finals saw Samson Kaulinge beating his opponent Gerhard Barnard with the scores 6-4, 6-3.
The men's doubles only had one section with the duo in the FNB Development programme Elias Shikongo and Ronaldo Uirab beating their opponents Samson Kaulinge and Lawrence with the scores 6-2,1-6,11-9 in a very exciting three set match.
The next NTA tournament is the Sanlam NTA tournament to be hosted from 23 to 24 of June.
Sport Reporter
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