Nigeria Tennis Live

Month: December 2017

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Organisers Of Rainoil Tennis Tourney Increase 1st Round Draw For Women To 32

Nigerian Tennis Special can authoritatively report that the organisers of the fast approaching Rainoil Tennis Championship have increased the number of players in the first round of the Main Draw for women from 16 to 32. This much was decided…

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NCC Tennis League Final: Who Will Dethrone Offikwu? Team Muller Or Team Civil Defence

The six-month long NCC Tennis League is poised for a fitting climax at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club with playoff for third and fourth places preceding the championship match. The third place tie scheduled for Thursday and Friday December 7…

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Who Is Nigeria’s Most Outstanding Female Player Of 2017? Vote Now

Nigerian tennis lovers and enthusiasts have been invited to participate in the polls to decide the country’s most outstanding female player of the outgoing year. The first set of polls recently conducted by Nigerian Tennis Live gave the most outstanding…

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Oyinlomo Voted Nigeria’s Most Outstanding Junior Player Of Year 2017

Young Nigerian tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre has been voted Nigeria’s most outstanding tennis player of year 2017. In a poll conducted by Nigerian Tennis Live on the tennis blog’s Twitter handle @naijatennis, Oyinlomo defeated Christopher Bulus, Marylove Edwards and Gabriel…

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Rainoil Tennis Championship: Fact Sheet Reveals 500k Prize Money, Draw Of 32 For Prelim

The fact sheet for the fast approaching Rainoil Tennis Championship billed to hold in Lagos has revealed that there is a draw of 32 for players preparing to play in the preliminary stage as against the 64 players may be expecting….

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Play Your Age Championship: Coach Laments Bitterly Over Absence Of Sponsors

Nigerian junior tennis coaches have started reacting to the fast approaching Play Your Age Junior Tennis Championship, stating their inability to get sponsors to attend the tournament. Nigerian Tennis Live had exclusively reported that the tournament organized by the NTF was to correct…

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‘NTF Should Appoint A National Captain To Help Them Communicate Better With Players’

One of Nigeria’s foremost grassroots sports administrator, Prince Wale Oladunjoye, has advised Engr. Dayo Akindoju, the president of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), to ensure the players have a worthy representative in his cabinet. This advice is coming on the recent…

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NCC Tennis League: Team Civil Defence Decimate Offikwu, Set Up Final Clash With Muller

The third edition of the NCC Tennis League will definitely witness a new winner after the heroics of team Civil Defence in their weekend encounter against Team Offikwu. The match had been dubbed the final before finals but it barely…

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Benin Tourney: Bulus Surrenders Lead In Semis, Returns To Nigeria For NCC League Semis

Nigeria’s Christopher Bulus surrendered a 4-1 lead in the semis of the ongoing ONG PLAY YOUR GAME Tennis Open in Benin Republic to return to Nigeria for his Team Offikwu’s all-important league encounter against Civil Defence. According to reports gathered…

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NCC Tennis League: Sylvester Emmanuel Certified Fit To Face Civil Defence In Semis

Lead player of defending champions Team Offikwu, Sylvester Emmanuel, has been given the “all clear” by his doctors to play in the semifinal tie against Team Civil Defence in Abuja this weekend, Nigerian Tennis Live can report. According to information…