It was Super week for South African juniors at the Junior ITF tennis tournament, played at Rietondale Tennis Club in Pretoria last week, with Pretoria’s best junior male player who excelled in particular.

Devin Badenhorst and Suzanie Pretorius lifted the boys’ and girls’ singles trophies, respectively, at.

Suzanie Pretorius, seeded 8^th, bagged her first ever ITF title when she upsets top seed Elizaveta Shebekina of Russia in straight sets.

The 16-year-old Pretorius, who hails from Bothaville in Free State, easily disposed of the Russian top seed 6-3, 6-3 in the girls’ singles final to claim the ITF Junior Grade 4 title in 1 hour and 45 minutes.

In the boy’s tournament, top seed Devin Badenhorst completed a Pretoria Junior ITF double as he added the doubles title alongside Luc Koenig to the singles victory, he had claimed just hours earlier.

Badenhorst, a grade 11 schoolboy from Midstream College in Centurion, overcame a jittery start to beat compatriot Luc Koenig, 4-6; 6-1; 6-3, and win his second ITF Junior Grade 4 title.

The 16-year-old Badenhorst bounced back after losing the first set then forged ahead in the decider to take the fight out of the spirited Koenig.

Shortly after their singles final, Badenhorst and Koenig joined forces to win the doubles crown after edging out second seeds Connor Kruger and Anro Nel 7-6(2), 6-3 in just 64 minutes.

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