Nigeria Tennis Live

Year: 2019

NTF President ‘Lowkey’ Starts Prep For High Performance Centre As ITF Coach Storms Nigeria For Week-long Training

Engr. Dayo Akindoju, the president of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), has revealed his desire to have a High Performance Centre in Nigeria as soon as possible. In an exclusive chat with Nigeria Tennis Live on Monday morning, Akindoju explained…

PROUD MOMENT: Babalola Finally Leads Youngsters To U-12 AJC Qualifiers (Photos)

Legendary Nigerian tennis superstar, Abdulmumin Babalola, has finally made his coaching debut after leading the national U-12 team to Cotonou for an African Junior Tennis Championship qualifying match. Nigeria Tennis Live had broken the news of the Davis Cup captain…

Team Nigeria Set To Depart For U-12 AJC Qualifiers (SEE LIST)

Reports have it that the Nigerian team to participate in next week’s African Junior Championship 12 & Under qualifying event in Cotonou, Benin Republic and are set to depart the country on Sunday, 3 March. According to information made available…

Nigerian Tennis Legend Babalola Set To Lead U-12 Team To AJC In Morocco

Legendary Nigerian tennis superstar, Abdulmumin Babalola, will be carrying out his first assignment as a coach when he leads Nigeria’s U-12 Team to Morocco for the African Junior Tennis Championship, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. This piece of information was…

FACT CHECK: ITF Increases World Tour Qualifying Draw Size, To Take Effect Before Tombim Open In April (Check For More Details)

Facts check by Nigeria Tennis Live have revealed that the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has increased the qualifying draw size for the World Tennis Tour. The world international tennis governing body had on Wednesday, 27 February released this information on…

Revealed: Why Oyinlomo Withdrew From Junior ITF Circuits

Nigeria Tennis Live has exclusively gathered why junior tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre withdrew from participating at the Junior ITF Circuit in Algeria, where she had been seeded seven for the competition. Our correspondent had reported that Quadre, one of the…

Wheelchair Tennis: Nigeria’s Alex Adewale Targets Top 100 As World Team Cup Qualifiers Kick Off In Kenya

After putting up superlative performances in the recently Nairobi Open Tennis Futures in Kenya, Alex Adewale has set his sights on ranking in the top 100 players of the world. The Edo State player who won gold at the 2018…

Nigeria’s Junior Tennis Coach Lands In America For Int’l Tennis Symposium

One of Nigeria’s junior tennis coaches, Abel Ubiebi, has arrived in the United States of America for PTR 2019 International Tennis Symposium holding in South Carolina. Nigeria Tennis Live reports that the coach, a certified PTR Tester, traveled to the…

BREAKING: Nigeria’s Alex, Wasiu Upset South African, Tanzanian To Clinch Doubles Title At Nairobi Open

The Nigerian team to the just concluded Nairobi Open in Nairobi, Kenya, have given a good account of themselves after Alex Adewale and Wasiu Yusuf won the doubles final of the competition. Nigeria Tennis Live gathered that the pair put…

Nairobi Open: Nigeria’s Alex Defeats Wasiu, Sets Up Final Clash Against World’s No. 40 Star

Alex Adewale from Nigeria will be one of the stars to watch out for when he takes to court tomorrow for the Singles Final at the ongoing Nairobi Open in Nairobi, Kenya. The Nigerian superstar was in blistering form when…