MONTJANE MOVES TO 6TH IN WORLD RANKINGS

26 July 2018

Kgothatso Montjane

Tuesday, 17 July 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa. – South Africa’s wheelchair tennis ace Kgothatso Montjane has moved up two places to 6th position in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rankings released on Monday.

The 32-year-old Montjane had an incredible run on her debut at Wimbledon last week, where she made it to the semi-fi nal before losing to Dutch world number 1 Diede de Groot. Montjane reached the semi-fi nal round at The All England Lawn Tennis Club after edging out

South African World Singles Rankings:

Women
Previous Current
8 6 Kgothatso Montjane
43 48 Mariska Venter

Men
Previous Current
18 19 Evans Maripa
203 349 Leon Els

Boys
Previous Current
9 19 Alwande Skhosana
29 32 Mpho Mhlongo

Girls
Previous Current
16 51 Nosipho Hlatswayo

Quads
Previous Current
6 6 Lucas Sithole

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