“Certainly, we can look forward to Wimbledon with great anticipation, that one of these days, it will be one of our own stars shining bright,” Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba said on a Facebook comment on the work of Francistown School of Tennis in April 2016.
Fast forward nine years later, that now seemingly prophetic comment looks a possibility. Batswana may very soon see one of their own, Ntungamili Raguin, gracing the World Tennis tours. There is optimism, from the player himself, his coaches, and the Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) leadership that the dream is very close.
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