SA’s Montjane finishes as runner-up in women’s doubles wheelchair at US Open
Dutch women Diede De Groot and Aniek Van Koot, the No. 1 seeds in wheelchair women’s doubles, downed the second-seeded, Japanese-South African pairing of Yui Kamiji and Kgothatso Montjane.
South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane. Picture: @ITFTennis/Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane and her partner Yui Kamiji finished as runners-up in the women’s doubles wheelchair event at the 2022 US Open.
Dutch players Diede De Groot and Aniek Van Koot – the number one seeds in wheelchair women’s doubles, downed the second-seeded, Japanese-South African pairing of Kamiji and Montjane.
Montjane’s singles run ended at the US Open following a straight-set defeat on Thursday.
Dominance from the Dutch duo! pic.twitter.com/8lMYxV2jE8
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Three wheelchair finals were contested inside Louis Armstrong Stadium on Saturday: men’s, quad, and women’s doubles.
Each saw the top two seeds play one another.
The second-seeded, Spanish-French duo of Martin De La Puente and Nicolas Peifer won the men’s doubles title over No. 1 pair Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid of Great Britain – overcoming a one-set deficit with a match tiebreak, 4-6, 7-5, [10-6], in two hours and 20 minutes.
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#USOpen champion mood for Bartram and Ward. pic.twitter.com/RYbYXGTIMJ
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Limpopo-born Montjane is the continent’s highest-ranked wheelchair tennis player and is an all-court specialist, being comfortable on grass, clay and hard courts.
She has previously reached the finals of the US Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; and in 2018 became the first black South African woman to compete at Wimbledon.
Kgothatso Montjane representing us again. pic.twitter.com/G9ZuMLcrJ6
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