South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane ousted Japan's Momoko Ohtani to reach her first Wimbledon final in London on Friday. It's the first Grand Slam singles final and Wimbledon final for the Limpopo-born star. Montjane will now face top seed and world number one Diede de Groot from the Netherlands in Saturday's Wimbledon wheelchair singles final. "I am just so happy to have made my first ever Grand Slam singles final," commented Montjane, after her match. Montjane will also be in the Wimbledon doubles final as her doubles partner Shuker defeated top seeds Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Friday evening.

Source: News 24 July 09, 2021 14:48 UTC