SA's Montjane and Kamijin narrowly defeated in French Open doubles final

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane and her Japanese doubles partner, Yui Kamijin, narrowly missed out on the third Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros.

The top-seeded pair fell to Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot, 7-6, 6-7, 4-10 on Saturday.
 
In 2023, Montjane and Kamijin defeated De Groot and Maria Florencia Moreno 6-3, 6-2 in the double's finals at Roland Garros.

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Earlier in that year, along with her doubles partner Yui Kamiji, they secured the doubles title at the Japan Open tournament.

Montjane was the first African wheelchair tennis player to compete at Wimbledon when she was handed a wild card for the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament in London in 2018.

In 2012, she made Wimbledon history by being the first black South African woman to reach the final at Wimbledon while reaching the doubles final as well.

Montjane competed at her first Paralympics in Beijing (2008), then in London and Rio de Janeiro. In 2018, she became the first African wheelchair tennis player to compete in the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in the same calendar year.