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Anderson secures second win

South African on top against American.

South African tennis star Kevin Anderson registered his second win at The Boodles Challenges in Stoke Park in the United Kingdom when he defeated Jack Sock from the United States on Wednesday afternoon.

Anderson won the first set 6-4 and Sock responded to clinch the second 3-6 before the South African rallied back to win the decider 10-6, maintaining his winning record after beating Dominic Thiem 6-4 7-6 on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Milos Raonic bounced back from his opening-day defeat to Ernests Gulbis by beating Robin Haase 4-6 6-4 10-5.

Philipp Kohlschreiber also needed a third set decider to beat Italy’s Fabio Fognini 7-5 4-6 10-4.

Anderson will not be involved during day three on Thursday but there will be exciting matchups with Novak Djokovic get his campaign underway against Haase.

Fognini will then look to pull off an upset against Gulbis, while Thiem and Sock will be eyeing their first wins after failing to beat Anderson.

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Clinton Botha

For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.

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