adminbiggest juniors’ competition that attracted players from Botswana and Malawi ends tomorrow.
In a telephone interview from Mutare yesterday, the Bulawayo coach Thesley Mufunda said the players were raring to go.
He said the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Tennis Board had invited Matabeleland South and Matabeleland North to send tennis players for the Zimbabwe Junior Open which came after the Manicaland Open that ended at the weekend.
The Bulawayo team did not take players for the Under-16 girls’ category as well as the Under-18 boys and girls.
Tanaka Chabata who represented Zimbabwe at an International Tennis Federation competition in Namibia early this year is the top seed in the Under-12 boys group with Mehluli Sibanda seeded fourth in the boys’ Under-14s while his brother Muzi is seeded third in the Under-16s. All seeded Bulawayo girls are in the Under-14s and these are Nikita Daka who is the top seed, second seeded Renata Zulu and fourth Tapiwa Phiri who is the fourth seed.
Bulawayo Squad
Under-10 boys: Mengezi Sibanda
Under-12 girls: Natasha Dhlamini
Under-12 boys: Tanaka Chabata, Tinashe Whata, Ethan Sibanda
Under-14 girls: Nikita Daka, Renata Zulu, Audry Mupozori, Kuziva Kunaka, Arnisha Dhlamini, Tapiwa Phiri
Under-14 boys: Mehluli Sibanda, Hillary Ncube, Bongani Sibanda
Under-16 boys: Nigel Ncube, Chris Sibanda, Muzi Sibanda
Online Reporter