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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter

ZIMBABWE women’s tennis legend Cara Black has won the fan vote poll to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Black led the fan vote for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 in results announced on Tuesday and will get a boost to her support from the official voting group.

The official voting group includes tennis journalists, historians and Hall of Famers. The other three nominees are Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moya and Lisa Raymond.

The ceremony at the Rhode Island-based Hall is scheduled for July 16.

Black, is the first African-born woman nominated for the tennis Hall.

She won five women’s doubles Grand Slam titles, including three at Wimbledon, and another five major trophies in mixed doubles. She spent 163 weeks at No. 1 in women’s doubles.

Black will receive three bonus percentage points for the final tally in this election. Pennetta was next in the fan vote and gets two bonus points, while Ivanovic was third and gets one bonus point.

-@innocentskizoe