U12 title winner at the 2012 Key Health South African Junior Tennis Championship, Zoe Kruger emulated U18 champ Jessica Simpson, the two of them winning back-to-back titles in Bloemfontein in two gruelling weeks of tennis in extreme heat as the contenders thrashed out the four age group titles on offer.
Jessica Simpson of Cape Town, seeded three captured the under-18 girls title by upsetting top seeded Theresa van Zyl of Northern Cape 6-2 6-1. It was two-in-a-row for the tall Capetonian, who captured the Dunlop Free State Challenge the week prior to the Nationals.
In fairness to van Zyl, she went into the final not feeling herself suffering from a chest infection, however Simpson was the in-form player on the day, striking the ball well and dominating from the baseline.
