RWANDA’s top three players Jean Claude Gasigwa, Mathieu Uwizeyimana and Anatole Bizimana face stiff competition for top honours in this year’s Simba Open International Tennis Open, which started yesterday at the Gymkhana Club courts in Dar es Salaam."We are hoping for the best. We have been drawn against good opponents but we are ready to stand up to the challenge,” said Gasigwa, who was due to face a Tanzanian opponent by press time.Top seed Gasigwa, who beat Burundi’s Guy Iradukunda in three sets 6-3, 1-6, 8-6 to win the tournament last year, told Times Sport yesterday by phone from Dar es Salaam that they are all in good form and ready to get the tournament rolling.That was Gasigwa’s second victory in a space of two years. In 2009, he won the Simba Cement open edition before losing the 2010 to Ugandan rival Duncan Mugabe.However, Gasigwa could not maintain his form when he paired with Olivier Nkunda in the doubles’ category. The pair lost to Iradukunda and Ket Ntwali in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 4-6.Simba Cement Company bankroll ingthe event for the seventh year running. Driving the agenda for success in the 2012 edition of this prestigiously money spinning event is local top tennis cop Omary Abdallah and former back-hand whiz Mkunde Idd.