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New maiden for Smith

Johannesburg - After months of being single, Proteas captain Graeme Smith has got a girlfriend.

According to The Times' Lauren Cohen, the left-handed batsman has been spotted in Cape Town with 25-year-old teacher Brigitte Sarembock, whose aunt, Margaret Gardiner, was Miss Universe in 1978.

At a breakfast in Durban in March, Smith told reporters that he had moved on from his break-up with model Minki van der Westhuizen - who is now married to businessman Constant Visser - and was happily single, with no time for a girlfriend.

“What’s the point of dating a girl and then waiting eight weeks until the next one? I am on the go and travelling the world most of the year,” he reportedly said.

But it seems Sarembock, a special-needs teacher at Tafelberg High School in Sea Point, Cape Town, has found a way into his heart.

Friends of the couple, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the pair were holidaying on the Garden Route this weekend.

Sarembock updated her Facebook status on Friday, saying: “Brigitte Sarembock is going away for the weekend.”

When called on her cellphone on Sunday, she immediately passed it over to Smith.

“I don’t really want to comment about this. I try to keep my personal life quiet,” he said.

“I don’t ever talk about that.

“Sorry to be rude, but there is nothing to comment on,” he said.

Smith has been spotted in recent weeks at Headquarters Restaurant in Cape Town or the city’s Bat or Jade Lounge nightclub, partying with team-mates Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers.

Sarembock, who drives a Mini Cooper with the licence plate “Byte Me WP”, appears to have high hopes for the relationship. She said on Facebook last week that she didn’t know “when I was last this happy”.
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