Kgothatso Montjane has just earned another win in her tennis career and in the process, has made tennis history by becoming the first African woman to win a title at the year-end championships.
South Africa (06 November 2023) – It has been a year of really big wins for South African tennis star Kgothatso Montjane. The proudly South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane has played her way to becoming a Grand Slam champion alongside fellow Japanese star Yui Kamiji in the women’s wheelchair doubles twice already this year.
Now Kgothatso Montjane has done it again! Alongside her greatest sporting friend Yui Kamiji, the pair earned the ITF Wheelchair Doubles Masters title. Tennis South Africa shared her latest achievement, including the fact that she made history in the process!
“Congratulations to South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane for making history at the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and ITF Wheelchair Doubles Masters! She is now the first African woman to win a title at the year-end championships.
Montjane, along with her partner Yui Kamiji, defeated Dutch top seeds Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory in the women’s final at this year’s Doubles Masters in Barcelona.”
The Limpopo-born athlete first made history in 2018 and 2021 by becoming South Africa’s first black woman to reach a Wimbledon singles final. Her tennis career has been on the rise ever since and she continues to inspire at every tournament she earns her place in.
Congratulations on these two wins Kgothatso, you continue to make us proud!
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