Nigeria Tennis Live

Year: 2014

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Udoffa Dreams: Wants To Become Nigeria’s Best

Mary Udoffa from Lokoja, Kogi state wants to become Nigeria’s number one female tennis star Photo by Kayode Savage She started her third official tournament on the back of successive losses in previous tournaments and does not seem to be…

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NNPC Junior Circuit: What Kaduna Fans Are Missing

Gabriel Richard, the new kid on the bloc Tennis is not a very popular in Nigeria, not the least in the northern part of the country.However, the sport has produced some great tennis player from the north; Sunday Emmanuel, Candy…

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NNPC Junior Tennis Circuit In Pictures, Live From Kaduna

Players, coaches and parents on arrival at the Young Shall Grow Motor Park in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria on Monday, 3 November, 2014 Coaches and officials at the ongoing NNPC Junior Circuit inside the Murtala Square, Kaduna Nigerian tennis sensation, MaryLove…

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Abridged Governor’s Cup: Tough Opponents Await Nigerian Players

Despite the fact that this year’s Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship is an invitational tournament for players within the African continent, Nigerian players will sweat it out against the top players being invited for the championship. A cross section of…

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Nigeria’s Omoile Gets Coaching Job In Dubai

Omoile will be coaching in Dubai in the coming weeks One of Nigeria’s top tennis players, Samuel Omoile, has been invited to coach in Francis Clarke Tennis Academy in Dubai, UAE, Naija Tennis Special can report.The player who dreams of…

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Idoko Rules Chevron Masters In Lagos

Last year’s winner, Emmanuel Sylvester could not play this year due to an illness he contracted from Switzerland where he has been on scholarship Emmanuel Idoko has won this year’s Chevron Junior Masters Tennis Championship after defeating Niyi Olatunji, in…

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NNPC Junior Championship Moves To Kaduna

Young Onoja is one of the junior tennis players expected to participate in the week-long Championship in Kaduna Barely a few weeks after successfully hosting the second NNPC/ SNEPCo Junior Tennis Championship, the NNPC is set to host another tournament…

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Nigeria’s Imeh Among Africa’s Best Junior Players

Nigeria’s young tennis prodigy, Joseph Imeh, has moved up the cadre in African tennis as the youngster is now rated 18 on the log of Africa’s best junior tennis players.The 18-year old player, who idolizes Novak Djokovic, noted that his…

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African Tennis: Nigerian Players Missing In Top 20

The rankings for African Tennis players released this week by the Confederation of African Tennis, CAT showed that no Nigerian player made it to the top 20 on the log. Naija Tennis Special checks on the official website of the tennis…

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NNPC/ Chevron Masters: Upset Recorded In 3rd Round Matches

Naija Tennis Special can reliably report that there was a major upset yesterday in the third round of matches at the ongoing NNPC/ Chevron Junior Masters taking place at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, LLTC, Onikan, Lagos. .National Junior Coach…