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UVIWE KING OF SBS JUNIORS TOURNEY

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MHLUME - He is a phenomenal young tennis player.

That is 12-year-old Uviwe Vilakati from Ezulwini, who was crowned champion of the Swaziland Building Society (SBS) juniors’ tennis tournament yesterday at Mhlume Club tennis courts. The youngster cruised to the final where he managed an easy 6-0, 6-0 win against Daniel Marais. Uviwe had reached the Under-12 final after beating Nkosephayo Ntshangase 12-5 in the first semi-final. The runner-up, Daniel, had won 12-6 against Alwande Simelane in the second semi-final.

Meanwhile, Nkosephayo Nxumalo was crowned champion for the Under-12 girls’ category which was played in the round robin format. The runner-up was Lulu Dlamini and Sibulelo Zulu was in third place. For the Under-10 boys and girls categories, Joshua Marais and Amahle Mngadi were crowned champions respectively. Joshua beat Letho Mkhonta 11-6 in the final while Amahle won 11-3 against Almae.

Encouraged

Eswatini National Tennis Association (ENTA) President Maxwell Jele congratulated the winners and encouraged those who lost to go back to training and work even harder to improve for upcoming tournaments. He further introduced the association’s executive members to the children. “We are happy that for the first time we were able to successfully host this tournament here at Mhlume. This is one of the most important development programmes where we make talent identification,” he said. The president then commended the standard of play and expressed appreciation to parents who had come to support their children.

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