Tennis: Tracy Ampah wins Gauteng North Junior Open Tourney

Ghana's teenage tennis player, Tracy Ampah was crowned the winner of the Gauteng North Junior Open Tourney in South Africa after an astounding performance saw her triumph in the final.

The match was entertaining, tough and nervy yet Ghana’s Tracy Ampah defeated South Africa's Erne Kotze in two tough sets of 7-5,6-3 to emerge as the winner of the Gauteng North Junior Open Tourney on Sunday afternoon in Pretoria.

The final was indeed a "slugfest," featuring thunderous serves, volleys and superb court coverage from two of the most outstanding juniors in a match which needed, as it seemed, a temporary "truce" or "seize fie" ordered from the heavens, with the Ghanaian leading 2-1 in the second set, after winning the first set at 7-5.

Tracy Ampah who attends Umat Basic School and plays at Goldfields Tennis Club, Tarkwa in an interview with ghanatennis.org said “I never thought I would achieve this. It’s just great that I made it possible for myself and won these matches against good players. It was such a great experience playing on that court. Many juniors who didn’t know me before they know me now and they congratulated me, so it’s nice”.

For those who were privileged to watch sunday’s final however, they were seeing the shape of great things to come from African tennis, "the future is bright for these youngsters in their match towards potentially brilliant professional careers if they continue their absolutely sublime play