Botswana tennis star wins UK series

Ekua Refilwe Youri
Ekua Refilwe Youri

United Kingdom (UK) based tennis star, Ekua Refilwe Youri continues to shine after she won the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Under-16 Grade Four tournament played over the weekend.

At the Riverside Lawn Tennis Club in Bedfordshire, she beat Dascha Brazire in the final of the winter junior competition, meant for all juniors in the UK from local, county, regional through to national level. 

The series began on September 1, 2017 and runs up to March 31, 2018.  This was Youri’s first tournament since she took part in the African Junior Championship played in Gaborone last month. 

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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