Seun Ogunsakin Wins First ITF Title In Tunisia, 3rd In 2024
Seun Ogunsakin has defeated Edilson Jose De Arauje Rosa from Mozambique to win his first ever Junior ITF title in Tunisia, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. The Nigerian teenage tennis sensation who is currently based in Tunisia was the tournament’s…
Every Tennis Swing Tells A Story – Real Life Experience
Every tennis swing has a story to tell. In order to stay focused on the tennis court, one must put some technicalities regarding tennis games in plan. First is to wake up your muscles, so that when you call it,…
Abiodun Orimoloye: A Helping Hand Across The ‘Gold Coast’
Those who know him closely say he is an extremely free human being who just wants the best for everyone around him. Abiodun Orimoloye is his name and this is what we know about him. Barely two years since he…
How Tennis League Started At The Diamond Lawn Tennis Club
Tennis development in Nigeria has to happen, primarily, at the places where we have people together closely-knit as a community, and that’s the story of the Diamond Tennis League. Lekan Bisiriyu, a member of the club, and one of those…
JUST IN! Nigeria’s Ohunene Yakubu Reaches Highest Ever Junior ITF Ranking
Ohunene Yakubu has hit her highest ever ranking on the Junior ITF Rankings, Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report. The Tunisia-based tennis sensation was a semifinalist at the recent J60 event in Tunisia, where she was only ousted by eventual…
Tennis Meets Data: Meet Navy Tennis Club’s Daniel Gabriel
As we continue to look forward to our dreams of moving and growing tennis in Nigeria, we are introducing a new series to you; Tennis Meets Data. Our focus on grassroots developments has birthed this new direction and as we…
Yakubu Reaches Tunisia J60 Semis, Ogunsakin Falters In QF
Nigeria’s top ranked female junior tennis player, Ohunene Yakubu, was in great form at the J60 Tunisia event which ended last week. Yakubu, winner of the J30 Abuja event a few months ago, reached the semifinals of the J60 competition…
Why I Believe I’m Ready To Play Billie Jean King Cup – Serena Teluwo
US-based talented Nigerian tennis player, Serena Teluwo, says she is now ripe and ready to represent Nigeria at the Billie Jean King Cup event. The Shaw University student who was recently crowned the Rookie of the year after a scintillating…
Beauty & Brain: Nigerian Tennis Player Scores 351 In UTME
Nigerian tennis player, Wuraola Fatima from Kwara State, has reportedly scored 351 in the recently released University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The 18-year-old player who wants to study Computer Science, was full of excitement when she shared the good…
Tennis Decadence: Why Grassroots Tennis Is The Solution
Introduction Tennis is a game of love and passion, apart from health benefits, it encourages partnerships and brings people together from different walks of life. I came in contact with Lawn Tennis in 2019 when I moved to Diamond Estate….
