1.  He’s the South African tennis player who has made it to the semi-final of US Open tennis tournament.

He will play Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta tomorrow for a spot in the US Open final at Flushing Meadow, New York.

2. He was born on May 18 in 1986.

3. He stands at 2.03m (6 ft 8), which is 1cm shorter than Springbok rugby player Eben Etzebeth.

4. He became the top-ranked male South African player on March 10 in 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas.

5. He achieved his career-high ranking of world number 10 in 2015.

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6. He was the first South African to be ranked in the top 10 since Wayne Ferreira was No. 10 in May 1997.

7. In February 2011, he defeated Somdev Devvarman in his hometown of Johannesburg to capture the South African Open title for his first ATP-level event title.

8. His second ATP title came at the Delray Beach Open in 2012 when he defeated Marinko Matosevic.

9. Anderson won his third ATP 250 championship in 2015 at the Winston-Salem Open with a victory over Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

10. In June 2016, he co-founded the tennis instructional and lifestyle website titled Realife Tennis which offers in-depth online instruction and unprecedented access to life on the professional tennis circuit.

11. His family holidays in Southbroom, and he has been spotted practising at Southbroom TC.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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