Innocent Ndawula
18 March 2011
Top seed Robert Buyinza became the second big scalp to fall to a lower ranked player at the quarterfinals of the on-going Castle Lite Uganda Tennis Open yesterday.
Buyinza fell to sixth seed Dieudonne Habiyambere of Rwanda 6-1, 6-4.
Habiyambere outdid the Ugandan in speed and Buyinza was never in rhythm as he lost the first rubber 6-1.
Buyinza put up some resistance in the second set but a hamstring undid his efforts.
Another Ugandan Duncan Mugabe, though, showed maturity as he rolled into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-1 obliteration of Rwanda’s Olivier Nkunda.
D. Habiyambere (RWA)
bt R. Buyinza (UGA) 6-1, 6-4
D. Mugabe (UGA) bt
O. Nkunda (RWA) 6-1, 6-1
A. Cooper (KEN) bt
J.C Gasigwa (RWA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
D. Oringa (UGA) v D. Ochieng (KEN) – play suspended
Women – Round of 16
L. Ndagire (UGA) bt
M. Mbekeka (UGA) 6-2, 6-0
A. Wambui (KEN) bt
H. Nanyingi (UGA) 6-4, 6-2
J.Nanfuka (UGA) bt
S. Kemigisha (UGA) 6-0, 6-0
C. Odour (KEN) bt
P. Mungiyette (UGA) 6-0, 6-0
R. Athumani (TAN) bt
R. Kimanzo (TAN) 6-1, 6-1
Today – Order of Play
Oringa v Ochieng at 8.30 am
Followed by men’s semifinals
Habiyambere v Cooper
Mugabe v Oringa/Ochieng
AllAfrica – All the Time
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