Nigeria Tennis Live

Month: October 2019

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ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship: Five Nigerians Land In Semis

Alex Adewale and Wasiu Yusuf kept Nigeria’s flag flying at the 2nd Puma Engineering Wheelchair Tennis Championship in Abuja on Thursday following their qualification to the semi-finals of the ITF World Series event, Nigeria Tennis Live has gathered. Top seed…

PUMA Wheelchair Tennis Championship: Nigeria’s Adewale Crushes Ghanaian Star

Alex Adewale of Nigeria began his quest to the defense of his Puma Engineering Wheelchair Tennis Championship in Abuja with a convincing 6-0, 6-2 win over Abdurasak Nuhu of Ghana. The top ranked Nigerian was decisive in his shots hitting…

Davis Cup Fallout: I Met My Players At The Airport For The First Time – Atiomo

Nigeria’s Davis Cup Captain, John Atiomo, has opened up on why Team Nigeria to the recent tournament crashed out unceremoniously and got relegated in the process. In this short exclusive interview with Nigeria Tennis Live, Atiomo revealed how he met…

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Nigeria Dominates ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship In Abuja

The 2nd PUMA Engineering Wheelchair Tennis Championship is scheduled to serve off today at the National Tennis Centre, Abuja with Nigerians expected to dominate the main draws. As at Monday afternoon, more than 25 Nigerians had registered for the singles events…

Ekiti Youngsters Ogunshakin, Adeleye Dominate Chevron Junior Tennis Championship

Oluwaseun Ogunshakin and Daniel Adeleye from Ekiti State have emerged as winners in the recently concluded Chevron Junior Tennis Masters tournament in Lagos. Ogunshakin, who is unarguably the hottest Nigerian Under 12 player in the country, ensured that he maintained…

UK-based Tennis Academy Builds Multipurpose Courts For Nigerian School

Reports reaching Nigeria Tennis Live have it that UK-based Apex Tennis Academy has completed the construction of two tennis and multipurpose courts in collaboration with Chalcedony School, Abijo G.R.A Lekki, Lagos. This information was made available by Adesola Aderogba, the…

These Eight Players Have Taken PTR Coaching Course To Become Tennis Coaches (Photos)

No fewer than eight players have taken the PTR Certification Course in their bid to become tennis coaches. The training which was held at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos and organized by Coach Abel Ubiebi of the ACES Tennis Academy,…

Nigerian Coaches Storm Thailand For Worldwide Coaches’ Conference (Photos)

Nigerian coaches have landed in Bangkok, Thailand, for the world coaches’ conference, Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report. The coaches numbering six, stormed the beautiful city on Friday for the worldwide conference after two of them attended the High Performance…

After Dominating Lagos Open Juniors, Ekiti Players Set To Repeat Feat At Chevron Junior Tourney

Ekiti State accounted for six medalists at the recently concluded Lagos Open junior competition and are set to repeat the same feat in the Chevron Junior tennis Championship. Information made available to Nigeria Tennis Live has it that out of…

Nigerian Junior Stars Fall Short In Their Junior ITF Circuit Matches

The trio of Abayomi Philips, Emmanuel Jebutu and Marylove Edwards all fell short in their matches at the ongoing Junior ITF Circuits in Maputo, Mozambique and Dakar, Senegal. Nigeria Tennis Live reported that the players were making giant strides in…