Players, Coaches Rate Tennis High In 2014
Moses Michael is first Nigerian to win the Governor’s Cup this year Clifford Enosoregbe won two straight titles towards the end of the year Tennis in Nigeria has been in a lull state for some years now, with the players…
Coach Benson Rates Tennis High In 2014
Coach Benson Ishicheli is one of Nigeria’s top tennis coaches who led the country’s team to Egypt for the World Team Cup, where Team Nigeria failed to progress. In this exclusive interview with Eyeonthesports.com, he x-rays Nigeria’s performance in the…
Enosoregbe Ends Second Consecutive Year As Nigeria’s No. 1
Men’s Singles winner at the Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship in Kano, Clifford Enosoregbe, has ended the year as Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, the second consecutive year he’s ending with this feat.The Benin-based tennis prodigy, who also won…
Rookie Upsets Top Star At Ikoyi Masters Final
The final match of the Ikoyi Tennis Masters which culminated last weekend was indeed a masterpiece as a rookie, Sylvester Emmanuel, defeated in-form top star, Lawal Shehu in straight sets of 6-1, 7-6.Emmanuel, a wild card entrant, became the youngest…
Boko Haram: Why Many Players Still Went To Kano Despite Insecurity
Emmanuel Sylvester, one of the players doing battle in Kano An appreciable number of the players had last week, vowed not to attend the Dala Hard Court Tourney in Kano. The main reason being their worries over insecurity in that…
Dala Tourney: NTF Allays Insecurity Fears In Kano
Vice-President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Mr. Yemi Owoseni The Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF has allayed fears over insecurity in Kano, following some players’ refusal to attend the Dala Hard Court Tourney in the northern part of the country.The players had…
Nigerian Tennis On The Rise Again?
Clifford Enosoregbe, Nigeria’s number one male tennis player Emmanuel Idoko, the fast rising junior player Tennis has a relatively minimal followership in Nigeria. Perhaps because it is an elite sport which is also capital intensive.And the lull being experienced in…
NPA Tennis Open Can Become Nigeria’s Wimbledon- Ndanusa
President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Engr. Sani Ndanusa (on white); Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, Habib Abdullahi,(left) and Secretary General, NTF, Mrs. Gloria Ekwempu during the signature of the MoU in Lagos recently. Photo: Damilare Okunola President, Nigeria Tennis…
