Kenyans continue to cruise at Nairobi Club

Kael Shah beat Joseph Junior of Rwanda 6-1, 6-3 to progress to round two of the Under 12 boys category.

In the girls under 14 category Sneha Kotecha breezed past Gadhia Shania 6-0 , 6-0 while. Alicia Owegi beat Beliza Irakoze of Rwanda 6-1, 6-3. Angela Nyanggweso beat Grace Ndahanga of Rwanda 6-0, 6-1. Esther Wahome beat Deza Rene of Seychelles 6-0, 6-0.

Dhuruv Karia made light work of Soumalia Farouk of Comoros winning 6-0 , 6-2 . . In the boys under 14 category Ryan Randiek beat Momen Rusdi of Sudan 6-1, 6-1 while Sheil Kotecha beat Jonathan Mugisha of Burundi 6-1, 6-1

Kael Shah started brightly against Joseph Junior pounding winners down the line and cross court past his Rwandese opponent.

He broke Junior’s serve for a 3-love lead and kept up the pressure to 5-love. Junior rallied to take a game and reduce the margin to 5-1 but Shah closed out the set.

Junior fought back in the second set, breaking Shah for a 2-love advantage but the Kenyan fought back to claim the third and fourth games to tie the match at 2-all. The pair then split the next two games for 3-all but Shah showed greater composure and resilience to win the next three games for set and match.

Sohail Hooker was the sole home player to lose on the second day. He bowed out to Ahmed Rushdi of Sudan 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the Under 14 boys event. Hooker was impressive in the first set as he toyed with his opponent winning the first set with ease easily . Rushdi fought back in the second to brake Hooker’s serve to lead 3-2 after a sluggish start. From there he carried the momentum though the final three games.

Hooker barely mastered a response in the third set as the Sudanese pulled away to win the set and match