Nigeria Tennis Live

Month: June 2018

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Check Out How An Unseeded Player Bundled Out The No 6 Seed At The Ongoing CBN Open

The first day of the 2018 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Tennis Open already produced an unprecedented upset in one of the Women’s Singles matches.Nigerian Tennis Live gathered that unseeded Rose Onoja Abu sent top female tennis star, Loveth Donatus,…

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ITF U-18 C’ship: Marylove Defeats Tough American, Sets Up Clash Against No Three Seed

Nigerian youngster, Marylove Edwards, has come out strong in her match against her American opponent, Minorka Miranda, defeating her in three sets of 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 at the ongoing U-18 Championship presently taking place in Aruba.Edwards, who had to scale…

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Fed Cup: Team Nigeria Draw Tunisia In First Round Of Matches

The Nigerian girls to the Fed Cup tournament will start their 2018 campaign against Tunisia, Nigerian Tennis Live has reliably gathered. Our correspondent had on Monday, 25 June, reported that the team successfully arrived the north African country for the…

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Oyinlomo Leads Nigerian Juniors To Fed Cup Tournament In Tunisia

After Nigeria’s adventure at the Davis Cup tournament in Kenya, a team of Nigerian players led by top Junior star, Oyinlomo Quadri, have traveled to Tunisia for the Fed Cup competition, which is meant for only girls.Nigerian Tennis Live gathered…

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2018 CBN Open: Babalola, Adegoke Battle To Defend Titles As Fireworks Begin In Abuja

The duo of Adulmumin Babalola and Sarah Adegoke will be left with the daunting task of defending the Men and Women Singles titles they won at the 2017 CBN Senior Tennis Open Championship when the 2018 edition of the tournament…

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Marylove Defeats American, Curacao Players; Lands In Main Draw Of 1st ITF U-18 Tourney

While her Nigerian counterparts are slugging it out in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital at the ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Tennis Open Championship, Marylove Edwards is in far away Aruba, trying to pick junior ITF points.The Nigerian tennis…

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Team Nigeria To Davis Cup In Kenya Arrive Safely For CBN Open

The Nigerian contingent to Kenya for the just concluded Davis Cup team tournament have safely arrived Nigeria for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Open, Nigerian Tennis Live can confirm.Nigeria came agonizingly close to winning promotion to Euro/Africa Group II…

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ICYMI: Check Out Some Action Pictures From Team Nigeria’s Adventure At The Davis Cup

Team Nigeria may have narrowly missed out on qualification for the Euro/Africa Group II of the Davis Cup after losing the promotional playoffs to Namibia on Saturday, but the players sure had a nice time in Kenya.The Nigerian side which…

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Davis Cup: Nigeria Narrowly Miss Promotion After Painful Loss To Namibia In Kenya

Team Nigeria came agonizingly close to gaining promotion to the Davis Cup Euro/Africa Group II but were stopped by a rampant and hard playing Namibian side.Nigerian Tennis Live checks showed that Sylvester Emmanuel had given the Nigerian side something to…

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Davis Cup: Team Nigeria Sets Up Clash Against Namibia, Set For Promotion To Group II

After losing the third round of matches at the ongoing Davis Cup tournament in Kenya, Team Nigeria has set up a mouth watering clash against Namibia, in a bid to gain promotion to the Group II of the African Zone.The…