South African 16-year-old Mari-Louise van Zyl of Riaan Venter Tennis Academy defeated Marelie Raath to claim the ITF J3 title at the Wanderers Junior ITF tournament in Illovo on Friday.
Van Zyl, seeded no.2, defeated the British fifth-seed Raath 6-3, 6-4 to lift the trophy. She did not drop a set all week! Congrats, Mari-Louise!
In the boys event, Connor Thomas Doig and Guy Vorwerk claimed the runner-up doubles finish. Doig and Vorwerk did not go down without a fight losing 6-2, 7-6(5) to top seeds Oliver Bonding (GBR) and Gur Trakhtenberg.