Wheelchair Tennis South Africa (WTSA) has expressed its commiseration at the sudden death of wheelchair tennis player, Neo Kgedi (20).
Kgedi, who hailed from Leboeng village in Sekhukhune, passed on last week Thursday after a short-illness.
He took up the sport in 2014 and played in the Johan Cruyff Foundation Africa Junior Camp at Ellis Park Tennis Stadium in 2015. His first major tournament was the Airports Company South Africa Bloem Open, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures tournament staged in Bloemfontein in 2015 where he lost in the round of 16.
One of his biggest achievements was reaching the singles’ quarter-final round and doubles semi-final in the Joburg Open, an ITF level 3 tournaments at Ellis Park in 2015.
WTSA General Manager, Karen Losch in a press release stated: “Neo was such a happy person, always making jokes during tournaments. He was an inspiration both on and off court to anyone who had the opportunity to know him. His star will always shine brightly in the history of WTSA. Our condolences and our thoughts are with Neo’s family.”
Story: Herbert Rachuene
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