Alemu dominates tennis championship Minichel Alemu dominated the 2016 Central Tennis Club (CTC) championship at the weekend by winning the men''s A-section singles and the men''s double sections.In the singles Alemu defeated vastly improved FNB/NTA development player Risto Shikongo 6/4 7/5. In a tight final Alemu used his experience to overcome the hard-hitting junior player. The A-section consisted of 12 players who are the club''s best players and play club tennis in the Namibia Tennis Association''s (NTA) first league.
In the men''s doubles section, Alemu teamed up with veteran player Augusto Cosulich to defeat the partnership of NTA development coach Nqobilizwe Moyo and Armid Azadeh 6/2 6/1. In semi-final matches played on Friday, Alemu and Cosulich managed to beat SP van Wyk and Johannes Swartz 6/3 6/3, while Moyo and Cosulich beat Bob Mould and Walter Kamukono, 6/1 6/4. The doubles were played on a knockout basis and A-section and B-section players competed in one section. In the women''s section, which was played on a round-robin format, Melissa Khupe was the overall winner and is the 2016 women''s club champion, while Browyn Kavarure was the runner-up. In the women''s doubles section Melissa Khupe teamed up with Katherine Carter to win that section. The tournament also featured a men''s B section which saw 24 club members taking part.The men''s section was won by top-seeded Jurgens Twyman who defeated second-seeded Eno Akpabio 6/3 6/3. After losing the first set, Akpabio picked up his game and tried to force a third set but Twyman refused to budge and used his solid all-round game to win the match in straight sets. In the veterans'' section Augusto Cosulich retained his crown when he was the overall winner of the round-robin section. At the tournament''s prize-giving ceremony on Saturday evening, former Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) president Bob Mould congratulated the winners and the CTC committee for successfully holding the annual tournament. Mould said the tournament was testimony of a healthy and active tennis club.
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