Wimbledon: Montjane advances to doubles final, Ramphadi in semifinals
South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane and her doubles partner Japan’s Yui Kamiji will face Dutch duo Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen for the Wimbledon title.
South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane. Picture: @ITFTennis/Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – Wheelchair tennis ace Kgothatso Montjane and her doubles partner Japan’s Yui Kamiji have advanced to the Wimbledon doubles final.
Montjane and Kamiji took down Momoko Ohtani and Zhenzhen Zhu, winning 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final.
The pair will face Dutch duo, Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen, the second seeds for the title.
On Wednesday, Montjane went down to Diede de Groot in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in their singles match.
South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane, has made it to her third Wimbledon final! ???? Alongside her partner Yui Kamiji from Japan, the top seeds battled past Momoko Ohtani and Zhenzhen Zhu, winning 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final.
Way to go, KG! ????#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/3s7c3upBXq
‘ Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) July 14, 2023
South Africa’s wheelchair tennis quad player, Donald Ramphadi, is in the singles semifinals after taking down former world No.1 David Wagner 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Ramphadi will face top seed Neils Vink on Friday.
The wheelchair tennis player and his British partner, Andy Lapthorne, were unfortunately knocked out in the doubles semifinals 6-0, 6-3 by Dutch top seeds Niels Vink and Sam Schroder on Friday morning.
READ: Montjane, Ramphadi suffer first-round defeat at Wimbledon
SA’s Donald Ramphadi and his British partner Andy Lapthorne were knocked out in the doubles semifinals 6-0, 6-3 by Dutch top seeds Niels Vink and Sam Schroder. Ramphadi now sets his sights on facing world No. 1 Niels Vink in the singles semifinals.#Wimbledon | ???? @ITFTennis pic.twitter.com/eytTFYQw6s
‘ Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) July 14, 2023
For all the latest Sports News Click Here