The young South African team managed to retain their place in Europe/Africa Group II after putting up a fight against more experienced opponents at the six-day Billie Jean King Cup tournament in Larnaca, Cyprus which ended at the weekend.
Swiss top seed Jenny Duerst and Bulgarian third seed Alexander Donski emerged victorious in the women’s and men’s singles finals, respectively, at the first week of the WIPHOLD International.
The Renault South Africa Davis Cup team will face Morocco on home soil later this year as they look to take another step forward in an attempt to return to Group I of the international men's team competition.
South Africa's top-ranked player, Philip Henning, led the charge on Sunday, digging deep to carry the Renault SA Davis Cup team to a 3-1 victory over Nigeria in their World Group II playoff clash at Groenkloof Tennis Club in Pretoria.
South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane has been forced to withdraw from the Australian Open where she had reached the wheelchair singles quarter-finals. Montjane retired at 3-0 down in the first set against second seed Aniek Van Koot after 20 minutes of play on Melbourne on Wednesday.
Tennis South Africa (TSA) has strengthened its administrative leadership, confirming the appointment of Anthony Moruthane as the national federation's general manager.
While the first tennis Grand Slam event of the year is taking place in Melbourne, there are no South Africans in the draw for the men’s and women’s singles, nor in any of the doubles competitions.
