US Open: Kgothatso Montjane claims second grand slam of the year
The wheelchair tennis ace and her Japanese partner, Yui Kamiji, snatched the title after a walkover when one of their doubles final opponents couldn't play due to illness.
South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane and her Japanese partner, Yui Kamiji, are the US Open doubles champions. Picture: @womenofjapan/Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane is a US Open doubles champion.
The wheelchair tennis ace and her Japanese partner, Yui Kamiji, snatched the title after a walkover when one of their doubles final opponents couldn't play due to illness.
The pair were meant to play formidable opponents, top-seeded Dutch pair Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen who withdrew from the match.
The US Open win marks Montjane and Kamiji’s second Grand Slam title of the year, adding to their victory in June at the Roland-Garros .
Meanwhile, in the quads event, Donald Ramphadi and his doubles partner, Andy Lapthorne secured the runner-up spot at the US Open after going down 6-1, 6-2 to the Dutch top seeds Sam Schroder and Niels Vink.
In June, Ramphadi rewrote history when he became the first black South African since 1981 to win a Roland-Garros title with his doubles partner Andy Lapthorne.
Later that day, Montjane and Kamiji claimed their Roland-Garros title.