Nigeria’s Christopher Bulus has worked his way into the quarterfinals of the M15 Fayetteville ITF event in the United States, Nigeria Tennis Live can report.
The Nigerian Davis Cup superstar is the competition’s number seven seed, and has been in fine form since the competition served off.
He defeated Taym Al Azmeh from Germany in his first match which ended in two straight sets of 6-4, 6-3 and followed that up with another two straight sets win on Thursday.
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Bulus, ATP 972, saw off Wild Card entrant, Lukas Palovic on Thursday evening with an emphatic 6-2, 6-4 win against his Slovakian opponent to reach the quarterfinal of the M15 event.
The Tennis Innovators Academy (TIA) star player will now focus his attention on his Doubles Quarterfinal match which takes place later today.
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He will be pairing up with Ilgiz Valiev from Russia to take on the Taym Alazmeh from Germany and Danil Panarin, another Russian in what promises to be an interesting encounter.
Bulus will play his quarterfinal match on Friday against Niccolo Baroni from Italy, in a bid to reach another semifinal on the ITF Pro Circuit.
Nigeria Tennis Live will continue monitoring the activities of the Kaduna-born US-based tennis talent as he continues his ascendancy on the ATP rankings.