As Rwanda finish fourth in E.A Junior Tennis Championship

RWANDA’s rising duo of Hamis Gatete and Gisele Umumararungu has qualified for this year’s Africa Junior tennis championship to be held in Morocco in April.

Gatete finished third in the U-14 category of the East Africa Junior Tennis Championship held which climaxed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania over the weekend after overcoming Kenyan Ismail Cyangawa 6-4, 6-3 in the third/fourth play-off.

This age-category was won by Burundi when Guyorly Irakunda (Burundi), who beat Tanzanian Shaaban Ibrahim.

In the girls’ U-14 category, Umumararungu won her two matches in the round-robin to secure her ticket to the continental championship. 

The 14-year-old defeated Kenya’s Michelle Onyancha 6-4 7-5 and Ethiopia’s Cekl Samweet 7-5 7-5 respectively.

Top five players from both the U-14 and U-16 categories organized by the International Tennis Federation and Confederation of African Tennis (ITC/CAT) qualified for the African Junior tournament to be staged in Morocco in April.

In team standings, Rwanda finished fourth behind Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.

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