She was at the point of giving up last year. A nagging elbow injury had kept her off the court for months and she spent most of 2022 in rehab, watching her world rankings drop.
But Kgothatso Montjane has never been the kind of person to give up easily and she decided to give it one more go. If she failed, at least she would have tried.
In the end she did more than try – she came back and conquered. South Africa’s wheelchair tennis sensation now has two 2023 Grand Slam doubles titles to her name – the French Open and the recent US Open, both of which she won with her Japanese partner, Yui Kamiji.