WATCH THIS SWEET MEETING BETWEEN SIYA AND ROGER!

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By Liesl Smit


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Springbok skipper Siya Kolisi has welcomed “sporting icon” Roger Federer to Cape Town with a warm embrace.

Kolisi took to his Instagram and Twitter accounts to post pictures and a video of the pair meeting for the first time – and well as playing tennis on a make-shift court.

The Swiss ace and his long-time Spanish foe, Rafael Nadal, will square off in the Match in Africa, the sixth instalment of exhibition matches for the Roger Federer Foundation.

To date the foundation has raised over $52 million in support of educational and athletics programmes for children in Africa.

Watch the video below of our Captain Siya, taking on the tennis superstar…

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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