Garanganga reaches ITF Futures final in Nigeria

ZIMBABWE tennis ace, Takanyi Garanganga rallied from a set down to beat Aldin Setkic from Bosnia and Herzegovina and book a place in the final of the $15 000 Nigeria F4 Futures tournament at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club yesterday.

Garanganga, who was seeded third in the tournament edged past the top seeded Setkic 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 in an epic semi-final encounter, which lasted three-hours and 15 minutes .

The 25-year-old United States-based rising star will now look to end the year on a high by winning a career seven professional singles title, when he plays Netherlands’ Antal van Der Duim in today’s final.

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