International tennis youth to compete in Windhoek

Tennis players from Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, India, Australia, England, Portugal, and Germany will gather in Windhoek this weekend to compete in the Bank Windhoek South Central Circuit U/18 tennis tournament.
The Bank Windhoek South Central Circuit tournament will be the first of two International ITF world ranking point tournaments.
Matches start at 08:30 with qualifying rounds on Saturday, 30 April and Sunday 1 May at Central Tennis Club in Olympia.
The main draw matches will start on Monday, 2 May at 08:30.
Boys will play at Central Tennis Club and the girls will play at the SKW tennis courts.
“We have 48 boys in the main draw and 32 boys in the qualifying draw. In the girls section 32 girls entered in the main draw and 16 girls entered in the qualifying draw,” says Johan Theron, chairman of Junior Tennis at the Namibia Tennis Association (NTA).
The quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals will be played at Central Tennis Club.
The finals, boys and girls, will be played on Saturday, 7 May.
The Bank Windhoek NTA U/18 event starts on the 7 May, with the qualifying rounds and the main draw matches will start on 9 May.
“In this tournament we also have 48 boys in the main draw, 32 boys in the qualifying draw, 32 girls in the main draw and 16 girls in the qualifying draw. Once again all the quarter finals, semi-final and final matches will be played at Central Tennis Club in Olympia,” Theron said.
All the matches will start at 08:30 and the finals will be played on Saturday, 14 May starting at 09:00.
Namibia will have at least six boys and two girls participating in these events.
The boys are Kudzai Toto, Paul Schwieger, Dantago Gawanab, Tevin Tait, Yed Malan and Archie Norval.
The girls are Jessica Riedel and Taimi Nashiku.
The tournament referee is Pieter Hoeksema from South Africa and the tournament director is Johan Theron from Namibia.
“The Namibian Tennis Association would like to thank Bank Windhoek for their sponsorship to make these events possible for us,” Theron said.

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