Odongo to face Oyet

Feb 25, 2004

FOURTH seed James Odongo won with ease to complete the quarter-final pairings in the NOMI tennis Open yesterday. Odongo will face unseeded John Oyet today at Lugogo courts.

By William Muwonge

Men’s singles round 2
J. Odongo bt R. Sloots
6-1, 6-1
Women’s singles round 2
F. Nakawuka bt
B. Kobero 6-4, 6-0
R. Musoke bt
A. Flower 6-0, 6-1
Mushakamba bt
A. Nakauka 6-1, 6-2
E. Wamalwa bt
J. Butindo 6-1, 6-1
Men’s doubles round 2
C. Yokwe/P. Olobo bt
Tashobya/Manyali 6-1, 6-0
C. Babu/G. Uzunga bt
L. Fauz/G. Mutono 6-0, 6-0
C. Kalungi/A. Kalega bt
Odocken/O. Opika 6-3, 6-4
S. Lwanga/R. Buyinza bt
Kivumbi/Nakabaale 6-0, 6-2

FOURTH seed James Odongo won with ease to complete the quarter-final pairings in the NOMI tennis Open yesterday. Odongo will face unseeded John Oyet today at Lugogo courts.

Top seed Charles Yokwe faces Cedric Babu, Godfrey Uzunga meets Shaban Lwanga while Patrick Olobo takes on Robert Buyinza.

Elsewhere, Janet Namutebi, one of the rising stars of Ugandan tennis, plays her first match today.

Namutebi, a student of Nabisunsa SSS, was in jubilant mood yesterday after scoring aggregate 8 to become one of the country’s best performers in the O’ level exams. She wants to become a medical doctor.
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