South African junior tennis star Devin Badenhorst reaches the final at the Curro ITF Junior Grade 2 tournament

 

South African junior tennis star Devin Badenhorst’s impressive form continued on Friday, as he reached the final at the Curro ITF Junior Grade 2 tournament in Hillcrest, Durban.

The 18-year-old booked his spot in the final following a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Hamza El Amine of Morocco.

The South African will face French fourth seed Antoine Ghibaudo for the title. Ghibaudo eliminated second seed Danil Panarin from Russia in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.

In the girls’ event, South African qualifier Erin McKenzie's run came to an end at the hands of Serbian seventh seed Darja Suvirdjonkova in the semi-final round. McKenzie went down 6-3, 6-0.

Suvirdjonkova will square off against Malak El Allami from Morocco in the girls singles final on Saturday. Allami saw off Hephzibah Oluwadare 6-1 7-6.

Results:

Semi-finals

Boys

3-Devin Badenhorst (RSA) bt Hamza El Amine (MAR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

4-Antoine Ghibaudo (FRA) bt 2-Danil Panarin (RUS) 6-1, 6-2

Girls

7-Darja Suvirdjonkova (SBR) bt Q-Erin McKenzie (RSA) 6-3, 6-0

Malak El Allami (MAR) bt Hephzibah Oluwadare (GBR) 6-1, 7-6(0)