Top SA tennis player Kevin Anderson is missing the Euro-Africa Group One Davis Cup tie against Slovenia next month in order to pursue US citizenship.
Fritz Wolmarans is the South African standing in the men’s singles qualifying competition at the US Open tennis tournament in New York.
Davis Cup teammates and recent finalists in the Soweto Open, Rik De Voest and Izak van der Merwe began their campaigns on the gruelling French Open.
South African number one Kevin Anderson dropped one place to 35th in the latest ATP world rankings released on Monday.
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/ 1 February 2011
SA’s Rik de Voest battled for two hours and 40 minutes to beat veteran Italian Stefano Galvani 6-3 5-7 7-6 (8) at the South African Open on Monday.
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/ 17 September 2010
SA’s Rik de Voest went down in straight sets after putting up a gutsy fight against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in a Davis Cup clash on Friday.
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/ 2 February 2010
Fritz Wolmarans gambled and won when he beat Édouard Roger-Vasselin to earn a spot in the main draw of the SA Open in Johannesburg on Monday.
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/ 29 January 2010
It may have returned only last year, after a 16-year absence, but the South African Tennis Open is already justifying its presence on the ATP tour.
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/ 21 September 2009
Somdev Devvarman eased India into 2010’s elite World Group of the Davis Cup with a five-set victory over SA’s Rik de Voest on Sunday.
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/ 6 February 2009
Davis Cup stalwart Rik de Voest and booming server Izak van der Merwe both bowed out on a day of stunning and unpredictable momentum swings.
High hopes for South African tennis this week at the Olympic Games and in Washington, DC, have ended in failure.
Overcoming an early shock in front of an enthusiastic, capacity crowd at the Tali Tennis Centre, the well-tuned doubles combination of Wesley Moodie and Jeff Coetzee gave South Africa what could prove a decisive 2-1 lead in the Euro-Africa Group 2 Davis Cup tie in Helsinki on Saturday afternoon.
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/ 14 February 2008
Fifth seed Rik de Voest won the battle of the South Africans and set up a quarterfinal clash with top seed Ivan Ljubicic at the South African Airways Tennis Open on Wednesday. De Voest lifted the level of his game from his first-round encounter to beat up-and-coming 21-year-old Kevin Anderson 7-6 (7-1) 6-4.
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/ 13 February 2008
Top seed Ivan Ljubicic had to survive a second-set scare before putting away qualifier Lamine Ouahab of Algeria in the first round of the SAA Tennis Open at Selborne Park on Tuesday. After one hour and 40 minutes, the Croatian finally won through 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and set up a second round encounter against Laurent Recourderc of France.
Rafael Nadal struggled on a sore left knee past unheralded Australian Alun Jones on Wednesday to reach the second round of the US Open, but his bid for a third Grand Slam final in a row appears doomed. Severe tendinitis slowed the second-ranked Spaniard, who escaped with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory after two hours and 44 minutes over a 123rd-ranked wild card.