PTA Tennis Series finishes in style This year''s PTA Tennis Series came to an epic conclusion last weekend with some of the playing categories finishing in dramatic fashion. PTA head coach and tournament director Romeo van Wyk said it was a praiseworthy last tournament after an exciting season.
“We have definitely improved the series and we look to ahead to an even better future,” he said.
In the midi category Arnaud Marais secured his second overall win in a row after a tough season which saw Eila Kambonde and Samuel Mayinoti push the champion all the way.
Marais, who won his third tournament of the season, entered last weekend''s event as the log leader and kept his cool to stay on top. Mayinoti was second to end the year behind Marais while Kambonde missed out on the action but remained third in the overall ranking.
Delicia Dirkse defended her title despite having to settle for third place over the weekend. Hendrina Appolus returned to her winning ways after a lengthy absence but it wasn''t enough to claim the title.
The second place went to Faith Kahuure, who battled with Dirkse most of the year, ending a mere 500 points behind the champion.
The most intense action came in the boys'' intermediate division, where Mike Kambonde and Randel Kavandje set up a mouth-watering finale. Kavandje had consistently accumulated points to get himself to the top of the log going into the season finale, but Kambonde had been the more successful player recently, winning four tournaments in a row.
He was successful again this time, but two tournament misses cost him dearly as Kavandje''s second spot secured him the championship.
Cleet Farmer, on the other hand, had already defended his title before going into the tournament after winning seven of the eight series events. Godwin Husselmann took his second win of the season now but it wasn''t enough to catch up to Farmer. Third place went to Dudley Minnie.
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