GALLERY: Junior tennis stars

FAIRLAND – Kinetik Tennis Academy boasts a stellar group of players.

August 4, 2016

Neo Phashe 1 minute read

Samantha Muller is part of a number of great tennis players at Kinetik Tennis Academy.

Kinetik Tennis Academy took top honours at the Tennis South Africa (TSA) June/July Junior Series tournaments.

The tournament took place in three locations: Ellis Park, Benoni and in Durban.

Coached by Jean de Lange at the Fairland-based Kinetik Tennis Academy, the 40 academy players who played in the semi-finals were out to win top prizes.

De Lange explained that 27 of these players went on to compete in the finals and ultimately 16 of those players went on to take the tournament titles. “There were players who did exceptionally well in their respective age groups and took numerous titles,” he said, noting that Andreas Scott, Samantha Muller, Aleksander Simovski and Ryan Christensen were the players who excelled the most.

Scott won the U14 boys singles, U14 boys doubles and U14 mixed doubles across three TSA tournaments. Muller (16) played in the U18 and women’s categories to gain experience against older, better players. She won the women’s singles event and the U18 doubles and U18 mixed doubles events in two tournaments.

Simovski won the U12 boys singles and the U12 boys doubles while Christensen took home the U16 boys Gauteng North Winter Tournament’s singles title.

De Lange concluded that Kinetik Tennis Academy has grown since its inception in 2010 and is certainly becoming a force to be reckoned with. “We are very blessed with the performance of our players and we believe that with continued innovation and more focussed player management, planning and training, we can build on our success.”

Details: Kinetik Tennis Academy, 076 181 2094.

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