Ntungamili Raguin became the first Motswana to win a J200 singles title and also claimed the doubles crown, completing nine straight victories in Miki, Japan.
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Ntungamili Raguin completed a historic week in Japan on Sunday by winning the singles title at the ITF J200 Miki, adding it to the doubles crown he had already secured.
The 17-year-old defeated tournament No. 1 seed Mustafa Ege Sik of Australia 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final, becoming the first Motswana to win a singles tournament at J200 level.
Singles Breakthrough
Raguin completed a five-match singles campaign in which he recovered from losing the opening set on three occasions.
He began with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Japan’s Kensuke Kobayashi before defeating another Japanese player, Koyu Yanagi, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
In the quarter-finals, Raguin recovered from a 6-0 opening set against Australia’s No. 5 seed Ymerali Ibraimi to win 0-6, 6-2, 6-2.
He followed that with a 7-6(4), 6-4 victory over Australia’s No. 7 seed Ethan Domingo in a physical two-and-a-half-hour semi-final.
His victory over Sik completed five consecutive singles wins, including three against seeded players.
Doubles Sweep
Raguin had already won the doubles title alongside Pakistan’s Mikaeel Ali Baig.
The unseeded pair, playing together for the first time, defeated the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 1 seeds on their way to the title.
They completed their run with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over top seeds Sik and Takizawa of Australia in the final.
The title was Raguin’s second J200 doubles championship of the year, following his African Junior Championship doubles title in Cairo.
His week in Miki ended with nine consecutive victories, five in singles and four in doubles.
Breakthrough Season
The result came shortly after Raguin’s US Open Junior campaign in New York.
“The performance is particularly notable given the short turnaround from his US Open Junior campaign in New York,” Botswana Tennis Association president Oaitse Thipe said in a statement released by the association.
“Raguin travelled directly to Japan and had only a few days to adjust to a 13-hour time difference, high humidity and significantly different playing conditions before competition began.”
Thipe said the Miki titles continued a breakthrough 2026 season for Raguin, which has included a semi-final at the J300 Traralgon, a last-16 appearance at the Australian Open Juniors, African U18 singles silver and doubles gold, a Wimbledon Junior doubles semi-final and becoming the first player from Botswana to qualify for the US Open Junior Main Draw.