Seed 3 David Oringa, is the last man standing for Uganda at the Kenya Open tennis championship in the Men’s singles draw after battling to 2 hrs and 54 minute marathon win over Sheil Kotecha of Kenya, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the quarter-finals yesterday.
Oringa lost the first set, but battled to the next with a injured tricep that need medical attention in the set.
The second set saw Kotecha nudge ahead 2-1 before Oringa signaled for medical attention to a strain in his tricep. “It’s been paining all week!” Oringa said of his now taped upper arm.
After receiving medical attention and going back on court, Kotecha got his previous game’s break back to lead by 3-1. From there, Oringa significantly slowed the match down, turning down the pace on his serve and groundstrokes maybe from the injury, maybe a tactical change.
This saw him level at 3-3, 4-4 and finally 5-5 before Oringa sped ahead to take the set by 7-5.
Top seed and defending champion Ismail Changawa, dispatched Uganda’s Simon Ayella easily in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 halting his fairytale run at the Kenya Open.