Seetso moves closer to Grand Slam dream
Friday, June 17, 2022 | 550 Views |
The 17-year-old won his second ITF title when he brushed aside South African, Rohan Loubser. Seetso’s latest triumph came in Pretoria last Friday where he was the top seed in the ITF/CAT J4 tournament. He breezed through to the final where he met regular South African opponent, Loubser and won 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to wrap up his second major trophy after a similar triumph in Gaborone in April.
Now the BTA sees Seetso blazing the trail and going all the way to represent the country at a junior Grand Slam, which will be a first for Botswana. “It is not a surprise that he won in Pretoria. He is talented and we see him playing junior French Open or the Wimbledon,” the president of the Botswana Tennis Association Oaitse Thipe said. He said it was encouraging that other youngsters are doing well on the international circuit like Mark Nawa. “Nawa started the year ranked outside the top 1,000 (but is now at 783).
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...