Junior tennis on the cards

NAMIBIA’S tennis players will battle it out for top spots in the Nashua Junior Masters tennis tournament taking place in Windhoek this weekend.

The two-day event has attracted eight of the best Namibian tennis players in each age group. Fierce competition is once again expected in the boys’ under-10 age group with Veja Hinda, Peter Siani, AJ du Plooy and Philip Ellis competing for the top spot.In the under-12 girls’ section, development player Bernie Olivier will once again face Meikke Woermann from Swakopmund to fight it out for the national title.These two players have faced each other in the finals several times this year.Namibia Tennis Association president Bob Mould says there will be tough competition between established players and upcoming junior players.”The NTA’s development programme has grown tremendously during the past few years, with more and more development players moving into the mainstream junior circuit,” he said.He thanked Nashua for sponsoring tennis, saying that the generous support of the Namibian business community has enabled Namibian tennis to grow and improve in the last two years.Friday’s matches will be played at the Central Tennis Club, DTS, Police Tennis Club, Suiderhof Primary School, Academia and Windhoek High School.The finals will be played on Saturday at about 11h00 at the Central Tennis Courts in Olympia.Fierce competition is once again expected in the boys’ under-10 age group with Veja Hinda, Peter Siani, AJ du Plooy and Philip Ellis competing for the top spot.In the under-12 girls’ section, development player Bernie Olivier will once again face Meikke Woermann from Swakopmund to fight it out for the national title.These two players have faced each other in the finals several times this year.Namibia Tennis Association president Bob Mould says there will be tough competition between established players and upcoming junior players.”The NTA’s development programme has grown tremendously during the past few years, with more and more development players moving into the mainstream junior circuit,” he said.He thanked Nashua for sponsoring tennis, saying that the generous support of the Namibian business community has enabled Namibian tennis to grow and improve in the last two years.Friday’s matches will be played at the Central Tennis Club, DTS, Police Tennis Club, Suiderhof Primary School, Academia and Windhoek High School.The finals will be played on Saturday at about 11h00 at the Central Tennis Courts in Olympia.