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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>LEO Matthysen of South Africa and his compatriot Johannes van Wijk will contest the final of the ITF J4 junior tennis tournament after winning their semifinal matches on Friday.<\/b><\/p>\n

The top-seeded Matthysen beat the sixth seeded Calum Jestin of South Africa 6-4, 6-1 and will now meet the unseeded Van Wijk who beat the third seeded Jospeh Townes of South Africa 6-7, 7-5, 6-2.<\/p>\n

The girls final will be contested between Celina Joseph of South Africa and Dune Vaissaud of France.<\/p>\n

The seventh seeded Joseph beat her fifth seeded compatriot Erin McKenzie 6-3, 6-3, while the third seeded Vaissaud beat the second seeded Tayla Wilmot of South Africa 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the doubles finals were contested on Friday, with the top seeded pair of Matthysen and Benedict Badza of Zimbabwe beating Hayden Loffler of Swaziland and Jovan Lubbe of SA 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 to take the title.<\/p>\n

The top seeded girls pair of Vaissaud and Wilmot won the girls title on a walkover after their opponents, Sasha Chimedza of Zimbabwe and Sophia Fuller of SA withdrew due to an injury to the former.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s singles finals will start at 0830 at the Central Tennis Courts in Olympia.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. LEO Matthysen of South Africa and his compatriot Johannes van Wijk will contest the final of the ITF J4 junior tennis tournament after winning their semifinal matches on Friday. 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