TENNIS NEWS - South Africa’s Nik Scholtz and Chanel Simmonds won the Digicall Futures 1 tennis tournament in Stellenbosch over the weekend
Scholtz won the men’s tournament after beating Frenchman, Leny Mitjana. The top seeded Scholtz needed only two sets to win the final 6-4 6-4 against the No 4 seed. Simmonds, seeded No 1, demolished unseeded Naomi Totka in less than an hour by 6-1 6-0.
"It is never easy to play against another left handed player especially when it is this windy. I was more consistent than her and tried to keep it away from her forehand because she hurt me with that shot. I'm happy with the way I played this week and feeling really good going into the next tournament. I had a good result last week and that helped me a lot,” said Simmonds, who won two of last year’s three Digicall Futures tournaments.
Scholtz won the first Digicall Futures tournament in 2015 and played in the final of the last tournament in 2016.
