Nigeria Tennis Live

Month: September 2019

Lagos Open: Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Dares Foreign Pros, Sets Tall Targets Ahead Of ITF World Tour Event

Ahead of the fast approaching Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre has revealed how much she’s prepared and is hoping to have an amazing competition. Quadre who recently moved 17 places to rank 211 in the world junior…

Lagos Open: Top 300 Player, Other Foreigners Set To Jostle For $100k In Nigeria

Lagos is set to play host to no fewer than 240 players across 57 countries of the the world in this year’s Lagos Open Tennis Championship, Nigeria Tennis Live reports. This figure implies the number of individuals who have signified…

AMAZING: Nigeria’s Philips Moves 192 Places, Oyinlomo Jumps Up Too In Newly Released ITF Rankings

Young Nigerian tennis prodigy, Abayomi Philips has moved about 192 places in the junior ITF rankings released by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Philips made it to three Junior ITF Circuit finals in three weeks, winning one and losing two…

Junior ITF Circuit: After Crushing No. 3 Seed, In-form Marylove Guns For Semis Ticket

Talented tennis youngster, Marylove Edwards, has been a delight to watch at the ongoing Grade 4 Junior ITF Circuit in Lome, Togo, with her unprecedented upset. The US-based former Nigerian number three player was responsible for the defeat of Gauri…

Lies! Philip Was Never Stranded In Togo – Guardian Reveals

Reports by Nigeria Tennis Live that tennis youngster, Abayomi Philip, was stranded in Togo has been refuted by his guardian. Philip who lost the final of the second leg of the Junior ITF Circuit in Lome, Togo to Charles Kodjo,…

ITF Ranking: Nigeria’s Abayomi Philips Now Ranked 791, Remains Stranded In Togo

After a run of amazing performances over two legs of Junior ITF Circuits, Nigeria’s Abayomi Philips has jumped further up the rankings, but he remains stranded in Lome, Togo. The youngster who won the first leg of the ITF competition…

Davis Cup: Sylvester Reacts To National Team Snub, Sets New Target

Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, Sylvester Emmanuel, is not really disturbed about his exclusion from the Davis Cup team presently competing in Nairobi, Kenya. In a chat with Nigeria Tennis Live, the back-to-back Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Open…

Davis Cup: Why We Dropped Sylvester, Imeh, Others – Akinloye

Coach Rotimi Akinloye, head of NTF’s technical department, has opened up on why Nigeria’s top stars were dropped from the Davis Cup team that traveled to Kenya on Sunday. The likes of Joseph Imeh, Christian Paul and number one star,…

BREAKING: Imeh, Sylvester Dropped As Team Nigeria Land In Kenya For Davis Cup

Nigeria’s contingent to the Davis Cup in Nairobi, Kenya has landed in the East African country without some regular names on the list. According to Nigeria Tennis Live findings, the trio of Sylvester Emmanuel, Christian Paul and Joseph Imeh were…

Junior ITF Circuit: Nigerian Youngster Reportedly Stranded In Togo

Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips is reportedly stranded in Lome, Togo, after playing the final of the Junior ITF Circuit in the west African country. Nigeria Tennis Live gathered that Phillips, who lost the boys singles final to Charles Kodjo in two…