Frimpong, Ampah win National 12 and Under Tennis Championship
Tracy Ampah bagged a 7-5 win over Sekina Adams for her first title at the event while Kwasi Frimpong successfully won 6-2 over Isaac Akuaku.
A tennis talent to watch Tracy Ampah, the soft-spoken youngster in an interview with tennisghana.org said, “I am happy to come out a winner; it is a good feeling of accomplishment.
She added that “at first, when I started playing in the first and second round, I thought I will not last up to the second round because there were good players who gave me worries. They are Doris Adjokatse and Anna Gariba in who made me to panic. But here I am standing victorious and am coming back to defend my title, am not yet done.”
Tracy thanked his coach Richard and her father who constantly advised her when she goes wrong on the court.
Boys 12 and under winner Kwasi Frimpong also said “It was not an easy game playing against tournament favorite and now that I have won the competition, I will not rest on my oars but will go for more training at my tennis club.”
Tournament Supervisor said, the skills displayed by these juvenile players, clearly shows that we have enough 12 under players who can defend the ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championship title in 2019 for the third time.
The National Under 12 championship was organized by Tennis Foundation Ghana (TFG) under the auspices of Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) with supports from Tenolf Ghana
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