{"id":312619,"date":"2011-03-16T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/16\/uganda-heavy-downpour-disrupt-start-of-open\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T03:27:11","slug":"uganda-heavy-downpour-disrupt-start-of-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/16\/uganda-heavy-downpour-disrupt-start-of-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Heavy Downpour Disrupt Start of Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"44.3631508678\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/218ad26fnewtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Mugabe<\/p>\n<p>16 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>HEAVY rains disrupted the start of Castle Lite Uganda Open, which was scheduled to kickoff yesterday at Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda&#8217;s top seed Dieudonne Habiyambere told Times Sport by phone yesterday that heavy downpour disrupted all the first round matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was raining the whole of today (yesterday) and I do not know whether we will be able to play the first round matches because the courts are muddy,&#8221; said Habiyambere.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>However, the 25-year-old is optimistic Rwandan players will have a relatively easy first round after drawing Ugandans.<\/p>\n<p>In the first round, Habiyambere was expected to play Steven Ayela; Jean Claude Gasigwa plays Henry Muyanja, Anatole Bizimana plays Andrew Ojok, Olivier Nkunda play Martin Otiti.<\/p>\n<p>But Mathiew Uwizeyimana will have his hands full against defending champion and home favourite Duncan Mugabe, who goes into the tournament on the back of captured his second successive Kenya Open title over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Gasigwa, who reached Kampala on Monday from Nairobi is the country&#8217;s main hope to battle favourites Mugabe and Allan Cooper to the crown. Gasigwa reached the Open final in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The winner in the men&#8217;s singles category will walk away with $1,200 (about Rwf0.8m).<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103160168.html\" title=\"Uganda: Heavy Downpour Disrupt Start of Open\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda: Heavy Downpour Disrupt Start of Open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Bonnie Mugabe 16 March 2011 HEAVY rains disrupted the start of Castle Lite Uganda Open, which was scheduled to kickoff yesterday at Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala. 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