Raguin was in Izmir, Turkey, this week participating in the J100 ITF World Tennis Tour where the sixth seed progressed to the quarter-finals. He lost to second seeded Turkish player, Cem Christopher Kucukhuseyin 6-7, 6-1 yesterday. In the first round, Raguin was comprehensive in a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Turkey's Arda Ulusoy to move to the second round. He met Croatia's Leonardo Ljubicic, prevailing 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 before his journey ended at the hands of Kucukhuseyin. Raguin arrived in Turkey on the back of a successful Africa Junior Championships in Egypt where he emerged with a gold in the doubles and a silver in the singles last weekend. The 16-year-old is currently ranked 278 on the ITF Junior Ranking as he pushes hard towards a junior grand slam appearance. His best ranking was in February this year when he reached a career-high position of 250.
This year, Raguin has a 76% win ratio after emerging victorious in 16 out of 21 singles matches. Players must be between 13 and 18 to take part in a junior grand slam. The Botswana Tennis Association president, Oaitse Thipe said the realistic target for Raguin is the Austrialian Open in January. "There are three grand slams left this year. Ntunga could reach any of them but our realistic target is January 2026 at the Australian Open," he said. Raguin is yet to play in the J500 tournaments, which attract higher ranking points as he has to bring his ranking closer to 100. Meanwhile, Botswana successfully hosted the J30 and J60 ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments in Gaborone over two weeks. It opened with the J30 whilst the J60 followed and concluded on Saturday. In the J30, three Botswana players, Seabo Saleshando, Tinashe Phatshwane, and Nina Sekonopo managed to reach the quarter finals, with Phatshwane recording his first ranking points. BTA junior tennis coordinator, Wellington Sibanda said the tournament attracted some ranked players from around the world. "The tournament, which brought players ranked 305 in the world from Australia in the boys section, was a success while there was a player ranked 371 in the girls section from South Africa. Our highly ranked player is ranked 900 in the boys and in the girls, 1889 and they participated in the J60," Sibanda said.
