Nigeria Tennis Live

Month: November 2014

Tennis

14th Governor’s Cup Review: A Case Of What Would Have Been

Clifford Enosoregbe, Nigeria’s number one tennis player The Abridged Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship ended in Lagos on Saturday, with a Nigerian player, Michael Moses, winning it for the first time since it became ITF-certified.Moses showed grit and strong mental…

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NPA Open To Serve Off 28 Nov As Dala Tourney Gets New Date

Nigeria’s Michael Moses, who recently won the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, is one of the players expected to do battle during the one week event in Abuja Naija Tennis Special can reliably inform that the proposed National Ports Authority,…

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NPA Tennis Open Can Become Nigeria’s Wimbledon- Ndanusa

Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, Mr. Habib Abdullahi and President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Engr. Sani Ndanusa while signing the MoU at NPA’s Marina, Lagos office on Thursday, 27 November, 2014 President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, has…

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NTF Counts Gains Of Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis

Leadership of Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, has said that the sport has gained a lot from the annual Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship since inception.The tournament, which is being staged at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, enters its 14th edition this…

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Oliver Twist: NTF Wants Higher Status For Governor’s Cup

The Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF has hailed the impressive way the Central Working Committee, CWC has rallied round to organise an Abridged Governor’s Cup Invitational Tennis Championship after initially cancelling it.Making this remark was Vice president of the NTF, Mr….

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NNPC Junior Circuit Review: How Onoja Sisters, McCleod Lit Up Final Showdown

The week-long NNPC Junior Circuit was brought to an entertaining finale on Saturday as the Onoja siblings, Iye, 8 and Neku, 11, gave the audience at the Murtala Square, Kaduna, a spectacle with their U-12 final match on Saturday.Iye, the…

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NNPC Junior Circuit: ITA Donates To Queensfield School In Kaduna

Mrs.Mobolaji Adams, proprietor of Queensfield School (middle) flanked by players and officials during the visit Iye Onoja (on uniform), with some tennis players Photos by Kayode Savage As part of its efforts to promote tennis development in the country, the…

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Gov’s Cup: Emmanuel Sets Semis Target As Others Confirm Participation

Emmanuel, popularly called Major wants to reach the semis of the tourney Reports reaching Naija Tennis Special from some players in the northern part of Nigeria, have it that many of them have confirmed their participation at the fast approaching…

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Governor’s Cup: NTF Debunks Wild Card Rumours

Shehu Lawal is one of the Nigerian players invited to play at the tournament The Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF has denied claims by some players that there would be wild card for this year’s Abridged Lagos Governor’s Cup Tennis Championship.Some…

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Parents/ Coaches Hail NNPC/ ITA Partnership

Some of the parents and coaches on arrival at the Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna where they were lodged photo by Kayode Savage  Parents who have been attending the various International Tennis Academy, ITA- organised tournaments with their children have hailed the…