Ismael Changawa bags November gong
Ismael Changawa poses for photos after he was named the with StarTimes/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month for November on December 15, 2017 at Karen Country Club. PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO |
What you need to know:
- The US-based Kenyan top seed beat stiff competition from long distance athlete Geoffrey Kamworor - who won New York Marathon in November - Kenya’s top chess player Steve Ouma, who is a Fide Master, and KCB’s Ken Moseti to emerge the overall winner.
- The 21-year-old Changawa had an outstanding month, winning the Rwanda Open after beating top seed Duncan Mugabe 6-1, 6-2 in the final.
Kenya’s top tennis player Ismael Changawa is the StarTimes/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month for November.
The US-based Kenyan top seed beat stiff competition from long distance athlete Geoffrey Kamworor - who won New York Marathon in November - Kenya’s top chess player Steve Ouma, who is a Fide Master, and KCB’s Ken Moseti to emerge the overall winner.
Moseti scored the winning drop-goal for KCB against Homeboyz at the semi-finals of the Impala Floodlit tournament and played a pivotal role in the final against Impala.
The 21-year-old Changawa had an outstanding month, winning the Rwanda Open after beating top seed Duncan Mugabe 6-1, 6-2 in the final.
He did not drop a set throughout the tournament. A week later, he won the Malawi Open after defeating Zambia’s Edgar Kazembe 6-2, 7-5 in the final also without dropping a set in the entire tournament. He then partnered with Ibrahim Kibet to win the men’s doubles with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the pair of Kazembe and Liberty Ndula.
A delighted Ismael was presented with the trophy at Karen Country Club where he was set to face Ibrahim Kibet in the Karen Tennis Open semi-finals on Friday.
“This is beyond my imagination, at no point would I have ever thought I will be awarded for being the best personality of the month in Kenya,” said Ismail.
“This goes a long way to inspire and motivate me to work harder and will also
