Posted on January 14, 2022
#TuksTennis: Donald Ramphadi to make “history” at the 2022 Australian Open Donald Ramphadi will be making "sports history" the very first time his racket connects with the ball during Melbourne's Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Melbourne (23-27 January) 2022.
Posted on October 25, 2021
#TuksTennis: Tuks win the overall title at the 2021 FASU Tennis Slam Championships in Kampala, Uganda That is one way to describe the final day of the recent 2021 FASU Tennis Slam Championships in Kampala, Uganda. Overall, Tuks, under the headship of Blaise Izungu, finished first place and...
Posted on August 24, 2021
#TuksTennis: Kgothatso Montjane will be playing to make South Africa proud at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Being a trailblazer in women's wheelchair tennis has become second nature to Kgothatso Montjane of TuksTennis, who is part of the Tennis South Africa (TSA) high-performance...
Posted on March 23, 2021
Blaise Izungu is a Student Head Coach & Assistant Academy Coach at TuksTennis. From 2014 to 2016, he served as an Assessor for the USSA Tennis Executive Committee and member of the USSA National Team Selection Panel. At the beginning of 2020, he was appointed Tournament Director of USSA...
Posted on February 20, 2021
Evans Maripa arguably has one of the best forehands in international wheelchair tennis. The Tuks based player’s biggest regret last year was never getting an opportunity to hit the "sweet spot" seeing an opponent play and miss. 2020 was monotonous. It felt like all he did was go to the...
Posted on January 29, 2021
Many years ago, a young boy in Ladysmith loved nothing more than to do all kinds of sports and dive into swimming pools. Like many youngsters, he had hoped to become one of the best. When he realised early on it would not happen, he did not get discouraged. Through his participation, he had...
Posted on August 04, 2020
There are not many Tuks athletes who at 15 can boast of having rubbed shoulders with two of the legends of international sport. Kagiso Ledwaba can.
Posted on July 08, 2020
The 19-year old Alwande Sikhosana is a firm believer that wasting energy on a tennis court is a sin.
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