Defending Champion of the ongoing Rainoil Open Tennis Championship, Henry Atseye, will have a major title defense challenge when he takes on ageless Abdulmumin Babalola in one of the quarterfinal matches of the competition. Atseye who defeated youngster Michael Michael…
The fairytale run of Oiza Yakubu, the young Nigerian tennis sensation, continued on Wednesday as she defeated Oluchi Ozurumba, the number eight seed at the Rainoil Open Tennis Championship. She won 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4. The 13-year old youngster made…
Alafia Ayeni, the US-born Nigerian teenager presently participating as a lucky loser in the main draw at the Champaign Challengers in the United States, has claimed the scalp of a South African player in the first round of the competition….
Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, Joseph Imeh, will on Wednesday, 14 November, take on former national champion, Shehu Lawal, in one of the second round matches at the ongoing Rainoil Open Tennis Championship. Imeh, who is yet to win a…
Tennis lovers at the Ikoyi Tennis Club 1938 were treated to some interesting tennis actions when youngster Oiza Yakubu made sure she earned her first senior national points after defeating legendary tennis superstar, Omotayo Osewa at the Rainoil Tennis Open…
Alafia Ayeni, a US-born Nigerian teenage tennis star, has defeated Ryan Shane, a higher ranked player to qualify for the main draw of the Champaign Challenger tournament in the United States of America, Nigerian Tennis Live checks have revealed. The…
Henry Atseye will commence his title defence at the Rainoil Tennis Open Championship on Monday, 12 November, with his first match against Abayomi Philips, a budding tennis sensation. Nigerian Tennis Live gathered that Atseye, who defeated Joseph Imeh in the…
Over 100 players on Friday, 9 November, stormed the Ikoyi Club 1938 as the second Rainoil Tennis Championship serves off with the qualifying series on Saturday. Nigerian Tennis Live gathered that over 60 players will battle for two days to…
The second edition of the Rainoil Open Tennis is offering a minimum of N5.1million as prize money, Nigerian Tennis Live has gathered. This much was revealed by the organizers of the championship during a press briefing at the Ikoyi Club,…
The group phase of the NCC Tennis League was concluded over the weekend in six cities with Team CBN Futures earning their first point ever. Team Offikwu of Kaduna and Team Leadway Assurance of Lagos emerged from the White Group…