ZIMBABWEAN tennis player Fadzai Mawisire recently won the third edition of the $21 000 Standard Bank Mozambique Tennis Open.
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Standard Bank Mozambique is a member of the Standard Bank Group in which Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe is also a member.
Mawaisire defeated Ohmar Fernandez from South Africa in the final, having overcome Lenice Van Eyk in the semi-final.
Phenyo Matong from Botswana won the men’s title defeating Lance Cohn from South Africa. Matong had dismissed Isac Pedro from Mozambique in the semi-final.
Mawisire walked away with a trophy and $1 600 and Matong got $4 800.
Five hundred and sixty athletes from Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa took part in the tournament, 280 of which were young children. The tournament was held in Maputo and had male and female participants as well as mini-tennis, juniors, veterans and professionals.
The mini-tennis, juniors and veterans battled out for their respective titles from the 18th to the 19th of May, while the first day was also reserved for the Standard Bank Mozambique staff and clients to participate in the Social Standard Bank segment.
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A spokesperson for Standard Bank Mozambique said the objective of the tournament was to transform tennis into a massive sport in the country by encouraging the participation of children as well as make Mozambique tennis become more professional by opening the Open to international participants.
“This is also part of our drive to develop sports in Mozambique and apart from tennis, Standard Bank sponsors the Mozambique National Soccer League (Moçambola) and Beach Volleyball,” the spokesperson said.
