The 2007 All-Africa Games yaimiririra mbiri nhoroondo kukunda Zersenay: akava medallist Eritrea wokutanga munhoroondo makwikwi, uye akahwina menduru yake yokutanga nokusingaperi goridhe panzira, chisimbiso kukunda muna 10,000 m yokupedzisira aine Games rekodhi nguva 27:00.30. Mwedzi wakatevera akakwikwidza pa2007 World Championships in Athletics, uye akaswedera pedyo nepodhiyo yekupedzisa <unk> akatungamira nhangemutange ye10,000 m kusvika pamakiromita masere, achiisa nhanho yekukurumidza, asi pakupedzisira akapedzisira ave pachinzvimbo chechina. Achigadzirira makwikwi emugwagwa gore iroro, akamhanya nhangemutange yemakiromita gumi yeDam tot Damloop munaGunyana uye akahwina muna 45:51 (anomhanyisa pasi rose mwaka iwoyo), achipedza chinhambwe pamberi pevatambi Bernard Kipyego naJames Rotich. Zersenay akasimbisa chinzvimbo chake semumwe wevatambi vehafu yemarathon vane simba kwazvo pasi rose nekukunda kwechipiri pa2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships
muUdine, kuItaly. Kunyange zvazvo akanga ari pedyo nepasi rose rekodhi nokukurumidza panguva 15 km pfungwa, iye kunonoka shure kutungamirira rongedza Makau Musyoki, Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot uye Deriba Merga. Mumakiromita okupedzisira, akamhanyira mberi kuti atungamire uye awane menduru yegoridhe, achiisa nguva yenyika neyemakwikwi enguva ye58:59 mukuita. Zvichitevera kubudirira uku, boka rezvokurapa rakaongorora mamiriro ake ezvinhu uye rakaona kuti aiva mumwe wevamhanyi vanobudirira zvikuru vakamboedzwa.