In the first round, which comes to an end today, Botswana is still battling to qualify under the new points system. The second round kicks off tomorrow at the Notwane Tennis Club. Points accumulated at the end of the tournament on Saturday will be tallied to decide qualifiers for the AJC to be hosted by Tunisia in March. Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) secretary general, Boikobo Gaolebalwe said local players gave an average performance in the first round.
“Our players gave an average performance. We had 19 players and we had the last player dropping out from the semi-finals. There are many factors that contributed to our poor performance,” Gaolebalwe said. The tournament has attracted 115 players from South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Angola, Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique. It is divided into three categories, Under-12, 14 and 16.
