Uganda's top seeds controversially ejected

By Douglas Mazune and Shafique Ssenoga

Uganda open semi-final results

Men’s single

C.Gasigwa bt D.Mugabe 6-4, 7-6(8-6)

D.Habiyambere  bt D. Oringa 6-3,6-3

Ladies single

F.Mawisire  bt  S.Changawa 6-1,6-2

N.Megane bt R.Athumani 6-0,6-3

Saturday 10am

Ladies singles final

F.Mawisire  V N.Megane

Men’s singles

C.Gasigwa V D.Habiyambere

THE tennis fraternity will for the first in more than 10 years endure the humbling experience of watching a men‘s singles final without a home player. 

Defending David Oringa was showed the exit at the semi-final stage by Rwanda’s  Dieu-donne  Habyimbere 6-3,6-3 before his compatriot  Duncan Mugabe was controversially beaten by Rwandan  veteran Jean Claude Gasigwa to inflict more pain on the hosts at Kampala Club on Friday.

Driven ‘mad’ by two controversial calls by umpire Henry Kiiza which ultimately cost him the match, Mugabe usually a clam player showed his frustration by hitting the racket, kicking the air and pacing around the court, as shocked officials and spectators looked on in disbelief. 

Meanwhile, in the ladies single, Zimbabwean Fadzai Mawirise  beat Kenya’s  Shufaa Changawa 6-1,6-2  to qualify for the finals were she will take on Rwanda’s Ngabire Megane who outclassed Tanzania’s Rehema Athumani 6-0,6-3.