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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE female tennis sensation Kudzai Chapepa completed a double at the Growth Point Super 8 tennis tournament in Pretoria, South Africa, by winning the singles and doubles competition.
Chapepa beat South African Rune Van Wyk 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6 in the girls’ Under-16 singles final before teaming up with Luise Janse Van Rensburg to win the doubles final.
Her young sister Kuzivaishe Chapepa finished fifth out of a field of 32 in the girls’ Under-12 singles and runner-up in doubles.
Another Zimbabwean Emmly Lebogang George lost to Kudzai in the plays-offs and finished sixth and bowed out in the doubles semi-finals.
Meanwhile, the Bulawayo Country Club will host its second international tournament, the Under-12 Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) competition in which six Zimbabweans will participate. The other participants are from Botswana, Malawi and Namibia.
Players representing Zimbabwe include three girls, Simphiwe Malunguza and Kuzivaishe Chapepa from GAP Sports Academy in Bulawayo, and Channelle Zhuwakini of ZB Sports Club in Harare.
The three Zimbabwean boys are Tendekai Musabaeka of Mantas Tennis, Kudiwanashe Marambo of ZB Sports Club and Bradley Nyamunokora of Tennis Base in Harare.
The tournament starts today and ends on Sunday.
The last Under-12 tournament was hosted in Bulawayo in 2019 before all sporting activities were banned last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. — @innocentskizoe
Bongani Ndlovu
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