Times Of Swaziland: HAYDEN RULES MPUMALANGA LOWVELD

HAYDEN RULES MPUMALANGA LOWVELD
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BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 23/05/2018 01:26:00


MBABANE – The country’s junior tennis player Hayden Loffler is ruling the
Mpumalanga Province in the Under-15 category.
This comes after his triumph in the Lowveld Mpumalanga tournament held on Friday
and Saturday in Nelspruit, South Africa. Swaziland National Tennis Association
(SNTA) Secretary Nqaba Mkhaliphi announced the rankings yesterday.
He said Nonqaba Mkhaliphi, who travelled with Hayden to the tournament is ranked
fifth in the girl’s Under-13 catergory, after she crashed in the finals. He
said this shows great improvement for the local players and they will be
motivated going forward.
“The duo’s performance in the last tournament saw them improving in the
rankings. They were not playing for the first time in the tournament as they
also played late last month where they had travelled with two other players,”
he said.
Mkhaliphi said they will continue to send the juniors to the Lowveld tournaments
as they are able to gauge their standard and also improve their games. The
juniors had to play in at least over two tournaments before they are ranked. The
duo has already made the two appearances.
“It is important that they continue playing at such high level and this will
improve their performance in international tournaments,” he said. Mkhaliphi
said the next tournament will be played on the weekend of June 15 and 16 where
they intend to have more players.