This archive report was first published on 11 January 2020.
On the second day of the East Africa Tennis Championship team event matches at the Gymkhana Club in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Kenya's youngsters continued to shine, solidifying their position in the competition.
Kenya, placed in pool B alongside Tanzania, Burundi, and Comoros, is currently joint top with Tanzania on two points. Burundi and Comoros have no points.
Pool A is led by Rwanda with two points, one point ahead of both Seychelles and Uganda, while Eritrea takes the bottom place of the pool with no points.
Kenya's captain, Edmond Ogega, led the team to a 2-0 lead in the boys' 16 and Under category, defeating Eritrea's Yonathan Sium and Samuel Awet Uqbay in two straight sets of 6-1, 6-0 and 6-1, 6-0 respectively.
The Kenyan team later secured their third win in the doubles, beating the Eritrean pair 6-2, 6-1.
Aboubakar Ndayishimiye of Burundi also secured a win against Aneesh Sharma of Seychelles, 6-2, 6-2, while his compatriot Sreysht Venkatakrishnan was handed a walkover by Sharma's teammate, giving Burundi an easy 3-0 win.
Kenya's Gilbert Wechuli and Ruinclife Ominde recorded a 6-1, 6-2 win against Emmanuel Manishimwe and Junior Hakizumwani of Rwanda in the boys' 14 and Under category, but later lost to the same pair in the doubles, 7-5, 6-3.
Burundi emerged top in another boys' 14 and Under contest, with Aboubakar Malick and Allan Gatoto beating their Tanzanian opponents, Isaka Ndosi and Rashidi Ramadhan, in the singles and doubles matches.
Kenya secured a 3-0 victory over Tanzania in the girls' 16 and under category, with Roselida Asumwa and Alicia Owegi beating Barbara Mollel and Aurelia Mushi in the singles and doubles matches.
