Botswana snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

The country's top-ranked player, Denzel Seetso, was just four points shy of sending the National Tennis Centre crowd into a delirium, but the glorious moment froze and never arrived. MmegiSport Staff Writer, MQONDISI DUBE was on the witness stand on an uncharacteristically hot July afternoon (BLURB)

It could be summed up as a horror afternoon as a bellowing strong home crowd could not believe what unfolded right before their eyes. It was not the horror in the form of the 1984 film, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' where Freddy Krueger was the tormentor-in-chief, slaying teenagers in a bloody sequence. However, on Saturday, during broad daylight at the Notwane Tennis Courts, how one towering Herve Antchandie of Gabon bludgeoned the nation's Davis Cup hopes, had all the hallmarks of a menacing Freddy Krueger. Botswana were the host of the Davis Cup Africa Group IV promotion contest, which attracted 15 countries.