South Africa’s Donald Ramphadi played, and lost, his Wimbledon Quad wheelchair singles quarter-final match against Niels Vink of the Netherlands, 6-0, 6-1.
It was a valiant effort on Ramphadi’s part.
The score was no reflection on the quality of tennis on Court 15, with some impressive shots by the South African.
The Quad singles world No 8 tried to change things up to keep Vink from coming to the net by hitting high topspin forehands deep into Vink’s court to try and interrupt Vink’s rhythm.
But even the moonballs didn’t seem to interrupt Vink’s dominance.
The match went Vink’s way with dictating the match from the start, particularly with his serve.
Impressively, both of Vink’s aggressive first and second serve win percentage was 10/10 and 3/3, respectively.
He was able to convert 75% of his key points when serving at 30-30 and deuce, compared to Ramphadi’s 28%.
All’s not lost
However, all is not lost for Ramphadi’s Wimbledon 2025 campaign.
The world No 7 doubles ranked player is next due to play in the Quad Wheelchair doubles final with partner Gregory Slade of Great Britain.
The pair pulled off a thrilling semi-final upset, defeating second seeds Ahmet Kaplan (Turkey) and Sam Schroder (Netherlands) 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-5.
In the final they will face top seeds Guy Sasson (Israel) and Niels Vink (Netherlands).
Amisha Savani is reporting exclusively for The South African from the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon.
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