{"id":300879,"date":"2011-03-11T10:15:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T10:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/11\/uganda-ulta-step-up-national-open-plan\/"},"modified":"2011-03-11T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T10:15:51","slug":"uganda-ulta-step-up-national-open-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/11\/uganda-ulta-step-up-national-open-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: ULTA Step Up National Open Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"33.0368698269\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a142097fmonitor180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Innocent Ndawula<\/p>\n<p> 7 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Kampala \u2014 With the weather certain to remain a constant in the run up to the Uganda Tennis Open, Uganda Lawn Tennis Association (ULTA) have stepped preparation for the most prestigious event on the local calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Cedric Babu, the chairman of ULTA, told Daily Monitor work on six courts starts today so that they can be ready for play within a week&#8217;s time. The Open is set to run from March 15 to 22.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Watering of the courts starts today and we shall begin levelling on Thursday and get them marked over the weekend if the weather remains good to us,&#8221; Babu explained. &#8220;We are going to unveil a new sponsor tomorrow (today) and that should make managing the tournament easier because we shall have the necessary logistics in our possession,&#8221; he Babu.<\/p>\n<p>Four-time Uspa tennis Player of the Year Duncan Mugabe is the defending champion but faces a stern test from Rwanda&#8217;s Jean Claude Gasigwa.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103110505.html\" title=\"Uganda: ULTA Step Up National Open Plan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda: ULTA Step Up National Open Plan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Innocent Ndawula 7 March 2011 Kampala \u2014 With the weather certain to remain a constant in the run up to the Uganda Tennis Open, Uganda Lawn Tennis Association (ULTA) have stepped preparation for the most prestigious event on the local calendar. Cedric Babu, the chairman of ULTA, told Daily Monitor work on six courts starts today so that they can be ready for play within a week&#8217;s time. The Open is set to run from March 15 to 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda: ULTA Step Up National Open Plan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/11\/uganda-ulta-step-up-national-open-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Uganda: ULTA Step Up National Open Plan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Innocent Ndawula 7 March 2011 Kampala \u2014 With the weather certain to remain a constant in the run up to the Uganda Tennis Open, Uganda Lawn Tennis Association (ULTA) have stepped preparation for the most prestigious event on the local calendar. 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