Tidimane gets US tennis scholarship

Shining star: Tidimane (middle) has been admitted to a US college on a tennis scholarship
Shining star: Tidimane (middle) has been admitted to a US college on a tennis scholarship

Botswana tennis sensation, Innocent Tidimane left Sunday for Oklahoma, United States of America on a two-year tennis scholarship.

Tidimane has been admitted at Seminole State College of Tennis.  Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) secretary general, Boikobo Gaolebalwe told Mmegi Sport Tidimane was admitted at the college after graduating at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) High Performance Center in Morocco.

Gaolebalwe explained that the player has been partly sponsored by the college and BTA. He said the player’s good tennis performances ensured he wins a place at the US college.

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