The University of Pretoria crossed the first hurdle in their title hunt at this year’s USSA (University Sport South Africa) Championships at WITS.

Ending off with an enormous 24-0 overall victory against Limpopo, the Tuks team carried their form from their first round of the match play against the Limpopo team. The Women won all their opening matches 3-0. The Men’s team did just as well also winning all their matches, Neil Van Der Merwe 3-0 against BC Nkosi (11-2, 11-3, 11-1) Marko Fourie 3-0 against C Nhmane (11-5, 11-8, 11-4) and Philip Van Tonder also winning 3-0 against MM Sekhaolelo.

The team continued their winning streak throughout Tuesday in their game against TUT, walking away with a comfortable 21-4 overall win. The women’s team won 2 out of their three matches against TUT. Megan Page came up against a tough opponent losing her match 3-1 against Lauren Siddal (3-11, 11-8, 5-11, 3-11) Hannelize Human won 3-1 against Bronwen Reilly (8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-1) and Kim Mcdonald walked off with a 3-0 win against Shannon Pullock (11-3, 11-4, 11-9). The men’s team once again has proven supreme winning all three their matches. Neil Van der Merwe won 3-0 against Johan Fourie (11-4, 11-3, 11-7) Jaques Kruger also wins 3-0 against his opponent Teboho Sekaledi (12-10, 11-7, 11-7) and Marco Fourie also wins his game 3-0 against Turone Leroux (11-4, 11-7, 11-5)

The team will face NMMU at 14h00 in Tuesday’s second round of what promises to be a thrilling battle