Nust team takes second spot in NTA LeagueThe Namibia Tennis Association’s (NTA) club tennis league continued over the weekend with some exciting matches taking place in the men’s and the women’s second league division at the Central Tennis Club.
In the Men’s Second Division the Nust team jumped to second place in the league standings defeating CTC 2B with 13 to 7 match points while 2015 champion CTC 2A consolidated their league top spot with a 15 to 5 match point win over the Unam team.
In the Women’s Second Division the OTB Ladies won all match points against the Nust team.
In the Men’s Second Division Nust’s top gun Socrates Muyambo beat CTC B’s Ronaldo Uirab 6-4, 6-4 while Colin Nyandoro had to overcome some stiff resistance from CTC2 B’s Lawrence Kahindi to claim 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 win.
In the first doubles match CTC2B claimed victory as Danai Muyambelo and Kyalo Kitheka defeated Robert Riethmueller and Miguel Valleyo Orti 6-2, 6-4.
In the remaining doubles Nust’s Muyambo and Nyandoro beat Muyambelo and Kitheka 6-2, 6-4 while CTC2B’s combination of Kahindi/Uirab trounced Riethmueller/Valleyo Orti 6-1, 6-0.
In the second men’s league match a reinforced CTC2A side took 15 of 20 possible match points against a strong Unam.
Top under-18 player Dantago Gawanab defeated Unam’s Eno Akpabio 7-6, 6-4 while Risto Shikongo beat Martin Koroma 6-4, 6-4.
Unam’s double combination of by Patrick Paulus and Kudzai Gangayi had the upper hand against CTC2A’s Samson Kaulinge and Hillary Charuma 3-6, 6-4, 11-9. CTC2A’s strong junior players Gawanab and Shikongo defeated Paulus and Gangayi 6-2, 6-1 but Unam’s Akpabio/Koroma combination was able to defeat CTC2A’s Charuma/Kaulinge
The matches in the women’s second division saw one-sided results.
OTB won a maximum of 60 game points against the Nust student rookies.
Lena Brinkmann defeated Jana Klindworth 6-1, 6-0 while Javaneh Azadeh was more challenged in her 6-2, 6-3 win over Salome Nguaiko.
OTB’s Nicky MacNamara and Debbie Rowles won 6-0, 6-0 against Stefanie Garises.
In the reversed doubles Brinkmann and Azadeh won 6-0, 6-1 against Garises and Natalia Kupembona. In the last doubles match MacNamara and Rowles won 6-0, 6-3 against Nguaiko/Klindworth. The league continues on Saturday with matches in the Men’s Second and Women’s First and Second Division.
ROBERT RIETHMUELLER