Teenage SA star Isabella Kruger has reached the Junior Wimbledon quarter-finals where she will face a 15-year-old Canadian. Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP
Isabella Kruger, daughter of Springbok legend, learns Junior Wimbledon quarter-final opponent
Teenage SA star Isabella Kruger has reached the Junior Wimbledon quarter-finals where she will face a 15-year-old Canadian.
Teenage SA star Isabella Kruger has reached the Junior Wimbledon quarter-finals where she will face a 15-year-old Canadian. Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP
Teenage South African tennis star Isabella Kruger has reached the quarter-finals of the Junior Wimbledon Championships where she will face a 15-year-old Canadian.
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Seventeen-year-old Kruger, who had to qualify for the tournament, beat British wild card Mingge Xu 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to book her place in the last eight of the Wimbledon Girls’ Singles.
Kruger will now face fifth-seeded Victoria Mboko who beat Poland’s Olivia Lincer 6-0, 6-7, 6-4.
That match is scheduled for Thursday, 7 July, although the start time is yet to be confirmed.
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Earlier in the tournament, Kruger beat American Sonya Macavei 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in the first round before shocking Slovakian fourth seed Nikola Daubnerova 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2 in her second round clash.
Tennis South Africa were quick to congratulate Isabelle Kruger on her latest Wimbledon victory.
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Kruger’s 19-year-old sister, Zoe, is also a professional tennis player.
Zoe and Isabella Kruger are the daughters of the late Ruben Kruger
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Their father was former Springbok great Ruben Kruger.
Ruben Kruger was part of the Springbok team that memorably won the 1995 Rugby World Cup on home soil.
He tragically died at age 39 in 2010 after battling brain cancer.
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