Nigeria Tennis Live

Year: 2019

ITF Rankings: Quadre Shoots Into Top 200, Marylove Now 30th Best African

Following through with her pre-tournament hype and rating, Oyinlomo Quadre has won her first ever Junior ITF competition in Nigeria by defeating compatriot, Marylove Edwards. The match which ended in a 6-1, 6-0 victory for the Morocco-based star, was the…

Rivalry: Can Marylove Defeat Oyinlomo To Win Second ITF Title?

One of the rivalries in the junior cadre of Nigerian tennis is hands down between Oyinlomo Quadre and Marylove Edwards. Both players had played each other on several occasions before they moved abroad. While Quadre has risen to become one…

Former US Open Star Adewale Targets Return To Grand Slam

Nigeria’s Alex Adewale is targeting a return to the highest level of world tennis competitiveness in the wheelchair tennis. According to the losing finalist at the 2019 PUMA Engineering Wheelchair Tennis Championship in Abuja, he is already looking forward to…

Exclusive: NTF President Wades Into Oyinlomo’s US Visa Issue

Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report that Engr. ‘Dayo Akindoju, the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) President, has waded into the US visa issue concerning youngster, Oyinlomo Quadre. In an exclusive chat with our correspondent on Tuesday, the NTF top executive…

Unknown Canice Shoots Into Top 1200 As Abayomi, Jebutu Step Up In New Junior ITF Rankings

Until the commencement of the Junior ITF Circuit in Abuja, not many Nigerians were familiar with the name Candice Abua. He stunned bookmakers to win the first of the competition. And in the newly-released rankings by the ITF on Monday,…

ITF Junior Ranking: After Abuja Tournament Win, Marylove Moves 360 Places, Now 35th Best In Africa

Nigeria’s Marylove Edwards has jumped up 360 places on the latest ITF Junior rankings from her 1092 placing she was prior to her Abuja Junior ITF Circuit victory. The US-based youngster who was once Nigeria’s number four female tennis player…

Abuja: Marylove Wins First Ever ITF Circuit Title As Jebutu, Abayomi Shine Too

Marylove Edwards over the weekend won her first ever Junior ITF title at the first leg of the Abuja ITF Junior Circuit in Nigeria. The US-based teenage sensation was the tournament’s number one seed and lived up to her pre-tournament…

Orange Bowl: Oyinlomo Set For Abuja ITF Circuit, May Play Dala Tourney As US Visa Issue Lingers

World’s number 222 ranked junior female tennis player, Oyinlomo Quadre, is most likely going to play the second leg of the Junior ITF Circuit presently taking place in Abuja. Nigeria Tennis Live feelers have it that the youngster who was…

SAD: US Embassy Denies Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Visa To Play Orange Bowl

Unless something unusual happens and she gets her visa, Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre will not be participating at the Orange Bowl tournament in the United States of America, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. Reports reaching our correspondent have it that Quadre…

Dala, VEMP, Rainoil: Usman Kushimo Sets Tall Target Ahead Of Fast Approaching National Tournaments

Young Nigerian tennis sensation, Usman Kushimo, is preparing to trouble top Nigerian tennis stars when the three national tournaments ending the year hold, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. The 15-year-old junior tennis player who has been training inside the tennis…