By Anthony Moruthane.
Centurion, 06 June 2022 – After a weekend of riveting beach tennis action which saw over 50 players, the fourth edition of the TSA Beach Tennis Nationals came to an apex at Clubview Tennis Club in Centurion on Sunday.
South Africa’s leading Beach Tennis players, Kyla Yelverton and Ryan Brookshaw from Gauteng both earned their second TSA Beach Tennis National Championships titles in Tshwane.
Yelverton and her partner Laetitia Lourens needed 32 minutes, to dispatch compatriots Tamara Pieters and Celeste Riddick Claassen 6-1, 6-1 to lift the women’s doubles title.
In the men’s final, Brookshaw and his partner Reynard Steenkamp saw off Lionel Jarrard and Neil Hendricks to claim the men’s crown 6-0, 7-5.
Brookshaw completed a double victory as he added the mixed doubles title alongside Tamara Pieters to the men’s doubles victory he had claimed earlier on.
The Pretoria-based Brookshaw and Pieters edged out Yelverton and Hendricks 6-2 7-6 to lift the mixed doubles trophy.
Mogomotsi Sekgobela and Keotshepile Ntlatleng from Hammanskraal won the girls under-18 junior title. Tshepang Tlhatlha and Eric Matjiane clinched the boys under-18 trophy.
Winners of the national flagship beach tennis event will be invited to be part of the 2022 TSA Beach Tennis National Squad and will be eligible for selection to represent South Africa at the 2022 Beach Tennis World Championships in Brazil later this year.
Results:
Finals
Women’s doubles
Kyla Yelverton (GN) / Laetitia Lourens (GN) bt Tamara Pieters (GN) / Celeste Claassen (GN) 6-1, 6-1
Men’s doubles
Reynard Steenkamp (GE) / Ryan Brookshaw (GN) bt Lionel Jarrard (GN) / Niel Hendriks (GN) 6-0, 7-5
Mixed doubles
Ryan Brookshaw (GN) / Tamara Pieters (GN) bt Kyla Yelverton (GN) / Niel Hendriks (GN) 6-2, 7-6
Girls under-18 doubles (round-robin)
Winners: Mogomotsi Sekgobela (GN) / Keotshepile Ntlatleng (GN)
Runners-up: Tshegofatso Moreku (GN) / Tlhalefo Kgafela (GN)
Boys under-18 doubles (round-robin)
Winners: Tshepang Tlhatlha (GN) / Eric Matjiane (GN)
Runners-up: Kgomotso Seema (GN) / Mpho Jantjies (GN).