South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane and her doubles partner Manami Tanaka’s Australian Open Championship journey came to an end in Melbourne on Thursday, 26 January 2023.
The duo suffered a 6-2, 7-5 defeat to the second seeded pair of Yui Kamiji of Japan and Zhenzhen Zhu of China, in the doubles semi-finals.
It wasn't to be for Montjane 😔
South African wheelchair tennis star @KGmontjane1's campaign at the @AustralianOpen Championships in Melbourne came to an end on Thursday when she and partner Manami Tanaka were eliminated in the doubles semis. #AO2023 | 📸 KG Montjane pic.twitter.com/9oBwgOOpzS
— Tennis South Africa (@TennisSA) January 26, 2023
Montjane and partner Tanaka previously secured a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Japanese pair Shiori Funamizu and Saki Takamuro in the quarter-final round.
Photo 1 Caption: South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane and doubles partner Manami Tanaka’s Australian Open journey has come to in the semi-finals. Photo: Tennis South Africa / Kgothatso Montjane1
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