Menzi Magubane
Kungenzeka ukuthi akazange awine owamanqamu e-Wimbledon ngeSonto, kodwa uKgothatso Montjane onesibindi futhi ozimisele uzuze izinhliziyo zabantu baseNingizimu Afrika.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-35 ubudala odabuka e-Limpopo ohamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo uqophe umlando ngokuba ngowesifazane wokuqala omnyama waseNingizimu Afrika owake wafinyelela kowamanqamu we-Wimbledon.
NgoLwesihlanu uhlule uMomoko Ohtani wase-Japan kowandulela owamanqamu ukusungula umdlalo wamanqamu oyingqophamlando edlala noDiede de Groot ovelele wase-Netherlands, kodwa wagcina ngokuhlulwa imidlalo ilandelana.
NgoMgqibelo yena nozakwabo uLucy Shuker waseBrithani bahlulwe nguYui Kamiji wase-Japan noJordanne Whiley wase-Great Britain kwabesifazane abakhubazekile esiphindwe kabili.
Impumelelo kaMontjane iza ngesikhathi esibucayi ngaphambi kwama-Paralympics ase-Tokyo ngoNcwaba.
Ngaphambi kowamanqamu we-Wimbledon uthe: “Ukuba lapha ngaphandle kumayelana nokunikeza abantu base-Afrika ithemba, hhayi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika kuphela.”
Uthe unethemba lokuthi uzogqugquzela intsha ukuthi ibambe iqhaza kwezemidlalo.
“Ngifuna babone ukuthi noma ngabe babhekene naziphi izinselelo, uma nje beyifuna, bangayithola.”
UMontjane wazalelwa e-Seshego enesifo sokuzalwa esamthinta izandla zombili nolunye unyawo, kwathi olunye unyawo lwanqunywa eneminyaka eyi-12.
Ubencintisana kuma-paralympics ase-Beijing, e-London nase-Rio de Janeiro.
Ngo-2018 waba ngumdlali wokuqala we-African wheelchair tennis ukuqhudelana ku-Australian Open, i-French Open, i-Wimbledon kanye ne-US Open ngonyaka ofanayo wekhalenda.
Ukusebenza kwakhe e-Wimbledon kuzokuqinisekisa ukukhulisa ukuzethemba kwakhe ngaphambi kwe-US Open ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kule sizini.
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