Kgothatso Montjane speaks to Athandiwe Saba about her becoming the first black woman South African player to reach the Wimbledon final, her ‘robotic’ leg, being a DJ and the love of her parents.
I grew up in a very big family. My grandma has eight kids, including my mother. So obviously I used to be the only child who was born with a disability. Everyone was so overprotective of me, even though at the same time they wanted to treat me like any other person at home.
I came back a couple of months after that and I was recruited for table tennis and basketball. There were a lot of sporting activities I was doing at school. I started spending less time at home because, during the holidays, we would go to the championships or competitions. That was my life until I was in grade 12, when my family asked me to cut down on the activities. They said I needed to focus on matric.
You are one of the top international tennis players. What is that experience like and what is the treatment like at a Wimbledon competition? But then obviously the media being media, they made a big story of the fact that I went to Wimbledon without a coach. I had mixed feelings about it. But that opened doors for me with the Optimize Agency [that specialises in sports and entertainment] taking me on board pro bono. very proud
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