Mariska Venter, Alwande Sikhosana and Ronewa Mudzanani will now move on to the TBESF Open, also an ITF Futures event which runs from 18-21 November at Turgay Soysal Tennis Academy.
South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Alwande Sikhosana. Picture: @TennisSA/Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Alwande Sikhosana snatched the ITF Futures singles title on Wednesday at the Aspendos Open in Turkey.
The South African took down Costa Rica’s Jose Pablo Gil 6-4, 6-1 to claim his fourth title of the 2022 season.
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Top African wheelchair tennis star Alwande Sikhosana wins an ITF Futures singles title at the Aspendos Open in Turkey
Sikhosana defeated Jose Pablo Gil 6-4, 6-1. Way to go, Alwande! #WheelchairTennis pic.twitter.com/c7U0T5Rd2W
Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) November 16, 2022
Sikhosana’s breakthrough came in 2017 when he was just 16 when he stunned four-time Soweto Open champion, Leon Els, to win his first men’s singles title at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in Soweto.
In the women’s event at the Aspendos Open, it was a great effort, but not to be for women’s number two ranked player – Mariska Venter.
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Africa’s leading men’s wheelchair player Alwande Sikhosana and women’s No.2 ranked player Mariska Venter are both through to the singles finals at the Aspendos Open (ITF Futures) in Trkiye.
Sikhosana will face Jose Gil of Costa Rica for the men’s title.#WheelchairTennis pic.twitter.com/Se9PRviZmF
Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) November 16, 2022
The South African star fell short of claiming the women’s title, going down to top seed, and world No.17 Viktoriia Lvova 6-0, 6-4.
Venter, Sikhosana and Mudzanani will now move on to the TBESF Open, also an ITF Futures event that runs from 18-21 November at Turgay Soysal Tennis Academy.
In the womens event, South Africas Mariska Venter fell short of claiming the womens title, going down to top seed and world No.17 Viktoriia Lvova 6-0, 6-4. Great effort, Mariska! On to the next one!#WheelchairTennis pic.twitter.com/PQkDkQkJgC
Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) November 16, 2022
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