Top-seed Seetso through to Pretoria final
Friday, June 10, 2022 | 60 Views |
On top of the game: Seetso
The tournament started on Monday and the final will be played tomorrow. If he wins the tournament, Seetso will climb up the ITF Junior rankings where he is currently ranked 343, down from 298 in April.
The 17-year-old played his first-round match against South Africa's Daniel Krige winning 6-1,6-0. The win set up a clash against Aleksandar Simovski of South Africa in the second round, which Seetso won 3-6,6-1,6-4. The second round victory pitted him against Christof Schaertlin Coffey of Switzerland in the quarterfinals where he won the match 6-3,6-1.
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