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Women’s tennis set to serve aces

ROXANNE Clarke will become part of South African tennis history when she leads the country' first Billie Jean King Cup team in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III competition next year.

She has just been appointed captain of the SA women's team for four years. The newly named Billie Jean King Cup competition was previously known as the Fed Cup and even earlier the Federation Cup. It is the world's biggest annual women's international team sports competition.

She takes over from former international star Rene Plant who

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