L. MathekaKenyans maintain Davis Cup fairy
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Reading Time: 2min | Thu. 12.08.21. | 21:18
The two finalists from the ongoing tourney will advance to the 2022 World Group II Playoffs.
Kenyan players continued with their good showing at the Davis Cup Africa Group 3 tournament as they withstood tough competition from Mozambique to pick their second win in a 2-1 outcome at the Smash Sporting Club in Cairo, Egypt.
The win came at the back of victory in their tournament-opening match played on Wednesday 11 August 2021 in a 3-0 outcome against Rwanda.
In the Mozambique clash 20-year old Albert Njogu fell to Bruno Nhavene 7 (7)-6(5), 6-4 while Kenya's top seed Ismael Changawa picked a 6-1 win in the first set and 1-0 in the second set before his opponent Franco Mata retired.
Ismael Changawa from #TeamKenya won the first set 6-1 in rubber 2 against Mozambique's Franco Mata. The latter retired in the second set, with Ismael leading 1-0#Daviscup#TheGamePlan pic.twitter.com/QBsRWcPyxg
— Carol Radull (@CarolRadull) August 12, 2021
For the doubles, Kenya had Changawa pairing with Ibrahim Kibet against the pair of Nhavene and Jaime Sigauque. The Kenyan duo picked the first set 6-2. However, their opponents returned with fury in the second set to snatch it away from the Kenyans 4-6.
Kenya outclassed Mozambique in the third set for a 6-2 win to head to the final group matches against Ghana scheduled for Friday 13 August 2021 leading pool B 5-1.
Ghana are at the bottom of the four-team group win less, after losing to Rwanda 0-3 on Thursday. Rwanda and Mozambique are second and third respectively.
The top two teams from each group advance to the semis, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B, and the winner of Group B facing the runner-up of Group A.
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