Simmonds faces fellow South African in final at Sun City
Simmonds and Le Roux have played each other once before in the Futures event of Potchefstroom two years ago
CHANEL Simmonds of Van Riebeeck Park got sweet revenge on Thursday when she beat Ilze Hattingh 6-4,7-5 in the semi-final of the Futures 3 tennis tournament at Sun City.
Last week, in the Futures 2 quarter finals, Simmonds lost to Hattingh.
“I really wanted this win after losing to Ilze last week. I didn’t play my best but I played solid. Ilze was really motivated out there and made me fight hard for the win,” said Simmonds.
In today’s final Simmonds will play fellow South African third seed, Madrie le Roux. Le Roux caused a minor upset when she sidelined second seed Clothilde De Bernardi of France 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
Simmonds and Le Roux have played each other once before in the Futures event of Potchefstroom two years ago. Simmonds won that encounter in straight sets.
