Top tennis juniors do battle in Benoni
Some classy junior tennis was played in Benoni when the KeyHealth Gauteng East Open came to town.
The national KeyHealth tennis series for junior tennis players moved from KwaZulu-Natal to Benoni, last week.
Tennis fever hit Ekurhuleni as over 350 young tennis players from across the country gathered to participate in the KeyHealth Gauteng East Open.
The annual tournament, which took place from July
10 to 14, is the Gauteng East Tennis Association’s premier junior event and is part of the national KeyHealth series, making it one of the most prestigious junior tennis events in the country.
This series is renowned worldwide as one of the strongest national junior circuits, and one of the most competitive line-ups of players in the history of the tournament was confirmed for the 2013 event.
Boys and girls tennis players in the u-10, u-12, u-14, u-16 and u-18 age categories competed in the gold and platinum draws at various tennis clubs throughout Benoni, as well as at the Gauteng East Tennis Association’s headquarters, at Benoni Lake.
The Gauteng East Tennis Centre hosted the u-14 and
u-16 boys, as well as the girls u-16 players.
The Benoni Central Tennis Club hosted the u-10 and u-12 boys; the Benoni Country Club hosted the girls u-18 players; Northmead Tennis Club hosted the u-18 boys; Northern Areas Tennis Club hosted the u-14 girls and Atlasville Tennis Club hosted the u-12 girls.
The finals for all the age groups were held on Sunday, July 14, at the Gauteng East Tennis Association’s headquarters.
The results of the finals are:
Singles
Boys 12 and under: 1 William Wilson (GN) bt 2 Charl Morgan (GC
) 6-4 6-4.
Boys 14 and under: 2 Jordan Sauer (GN) bt 12 Luan Gobel (GC) 6-3 6-1.
Boys 16 and under: 1 JD Malan (WP) bt 3 Michael Copeland (GC) 6-1 6-4
Boys 18 and under: 1 Vaughn Hunter (GC) bt 2 Aidan Carrazedo (
GC) 6-0 6-1,
Girls 12 and under: 2 Lara van der Merwe (NWP) bt 5 Helena van Eeden (GC) 6-3 3-6 6-4.
Girls 14 and under: 1 Maja Gledic (GC) bt 2 Evangeline du Toit (WP) 2-6 6-1 7-6(13).
Girls 16 and under: 7 Mila Hartig (GN) bt 5 Jaime-Lee Gancho (GE) 6-2 6-4.
Girls 18 and under: 6 Zani Barnard (GN) bt 8 Nadine de Villiers (GC) 3-6 6-2 6-4.
Doubles
Boys 12 and under: 1 Charl Morgan (GC)/William Wilson (GN) bt 2 Rudolf Lubbe (NC)/Pierre Malan (WP) 6-1 6-0.
Boys 14 and under: 2 Siphosothando Montsi (GN)/Hugh Morgan (GC) bt 8 Cules Gerber/Wian van Dyk (GN) 6-4 2-6 10-6.
Boys 16 and under: 4 Hubert Badenhorst/George Botha (FS) bt 1 JD Malan (WP)/Leon Olivier 3-6 7-5 11-9.
Boys 18 and under: 1 Ruben Alberts/Zahnre de Kock (GN) bt 2 Trent Botha/Kris van Wyk (WP) 7-6 6-2.
Girls 12 and under: 1 Lara van der Merwe (NWP)/Bianca Wolmarans (SWD) bt 4 Lydia Wilsenach (MP)/Ntokozo Zungu (GN) 6-2 2-6 10-5
Girls 14 and under: 1 Maja Gledic (GC)/Bianca Koen (GN) bt Chan Neng/Georgina Kaindoah (NWP) 6-4 6-1.
Girls 16 and under: Lienke de Kock (NWP)/Anja Lubbe (NC) bt 1 Ma
xine Bateman (KZN)/Cindy Dorrington (BOL) 6-3 3-6 10-6.
Girls 18 and under: Anandhi Botha/Corlia Fischer (GN) bt 2 Zani Barnard (GN)/Nadine de Villiers (GC) 6-3 6-4.
