Tennis

South African, Zimbabwean and Madagascan players dominated proceedings at the Southern African Junior Tennis Championships in Windhoek on Monday, January 15.
In the Boys Under 16 category the top seeded Admire Mushonga of Zimbabwe beat Thierry Rakotoarivony of Madagascar 6-0, 6-3, while the fourth seeded Jason Blakey Milner of South Africa beat Charlie Bohloko of Lesotho 6-1, 6-0.

Namibia will be represented by a team of16 players at the African Zonal Junior Tennis Championships which takes place in Windhoek from January 11 to 18.
As the host country, Namibia has been allowed to enter 16 players, while the other participating countries will be represented by eight players each.

A double tragedy hit Namibian sport after the death of the talented Davin sisters in a motorcar accident on Friday evening.
Janine and Suzelle Davin were on their way to Swakopmund when they collided with a Toyota Corolla outside Langstrand.

Mustafa Ghouse of India beat Paris Gemouchidis of Greece 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 to win the ITF Menâ??s Futures Tennis Tournament in Windhoek on October 13.
It was a tight final that could have gone either way, but in the end the fourth-seeded Ghouseâ??s patience and experience told as the unseeded Greek started making too many unforced errors in the final set.

Unseeded Paris Gemouchidis of Greece and fourth seeded Mustafa Ghouse of India will contest the singles final at the ITF Futures Tennis tournament in Windhoek on October 14.
Gemouchides, who had to qualify to make the main draw, went on a giant killing run to reach the final.

Namibian tennis star Jurgens Strydom made up for his elimination from the singles when he reached the doubles semifinals at the ITF Futures Tennis tournament.
In the singles competition, Strydom defeated Gregory Howe in the first round but was eliminated by an experienced and confident 26-year-old Mustafa Ghouse from India in the second round with a score of 6/3, 6/2.

Namibiaâ??s top player Jurgens Strydom crashed out of the singles at the ITF Futures Tennis tournament in Windhoek on October 11.
Strydom, the 10th seed, went down 3-6, 4-6 to Mustafa Ghouse of India, the tournamentâ??s fourth seed.

The top seeds sailed through to the second round of the singles competition at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Menâ??s International Futures Tennis tournament statellite circuit in Windhoek on Monday.

The seeding of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures tournament to take place at the Central Tennis Club in Windhoek has been announced.
The tournament will run from October 9 to 14 and will feature players from countries such as Italy, Romania, France, Sweden, India, Russia, Tunisia, the USA, the UK, Morocco, Korea, Tunisia, South Africa, Botswana and the Czech Republic. Namibiaâ??s Jurgens Strydom is ranked number 10 for the tournament and has been accepted directly into the main draw. Strydom is ranked 1273 in the world.

A total of 41 junior tennis players between the ages of 10 and 18 competed in the Nashua Junior Masters Tennis Championships in Windhoek over the weekend.
There were a number of upsets in the tournament. In the Girlsâ?? Under 14 category, Terry Olivier beat Lere Niewoudt, after the number one seed Meike Woermann was eliminated by Niewoudt in the semifinals.