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The much anticipated 17th edition of the Accra Senior Open was once again hosted on its traditional soil, the clay courts of the Accra Tennis Club in Osu from the 28th of November to 7th of December 2019 which featured about 150 players in 15 different categories. At the end of the tournament, it was Cedric Dzelu from the AMTEC tennis club who was crown the new champion of Semi-Professional Singles category. The campaign to the final nearly became a dream for Cedric with a low start when Jonathan Quaye, the defending champion dismantle him at the group stages but Cedric will quickly regroup to make it pass Ahevi Dodzi with a 6-0, 6-0 silencer and a walkover from Joshua Yamoah to guarantee a place in the quarter-finals where he was drawn to meet Jonathan Quaye again, haven done his homework, Cedric pulled what appeared to be a dominating win on Quaye 7-5, 6-3 and ousting Patrick Tenkorang in the Semifinals with a 6-1, 4-6, 10-6 to book a place at the finals.    ...

Ghanaian rising tennis coach Albert Arthur is making promising debut in Zimbabwe at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) invitational coaches training program which started from the 25th of November and ending on the 7th of December 2019. Coming from the once prestigious Winneba Tennis centre to featuring for the national team at the junior and senior level, young Albert Arthur transitioned into coaching and now holds a level 2 ITF coaching certification that enables him to coach high-performance players. He is currently coaching at the ITF/CAT East Africa Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya with impressive records. The ITF Coaches training program is an invitational program by the ITF to selected coaches who are working with advanced players, Albert has been selected due to the fact that he is currently coaching at the ITF/CAT East Africa Training Center in Kenya and has been working with high-performance players for more than a year now. The training program...