Lock shines at US college Champs

ZIMBABWE’s Davis Cup tennis player Benjamin Lock advanced to the quarter-finals of singles and the semi-finals of doubles on Sunday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southeast Regional Championships underway in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.

The 20-year-old star, who is on a tennis scholarship at Florida State University, won a quick 6-2, 6-1 match against University of South Florida’s Paul Polarczyk in the first round of the singles.

In the round of 16, only Lock won his match while his teammates fell by the wayside with a decisive 6-2, 6-3 win over yet another University of South Florida player Henrique Tsukamoto.

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