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….
Nigeria’s Quadre Set To Represent American Varsity At NCAA, Here’s Why
News broke on Thursday, 2 May, 2024 that Nigerian tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre, will be representing her school, Florida International University (FIU), at the NCAA Tennis Championships. According to the news shared by her school, the African Games silver medalist…
JUST IN! NTF Confirms Dates For National Tournaments
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has confirmed the dates for the first set of national tournaments in the 2024 tennis season. Nigeria Tennis Live confirmed from the Secretary of the NTF, Makpa Aliyu, that the competition will serve off on…
Abubakar Yusuf: A Rising Tennis Star Chasing Grand Slam Dreams
Abubakar Yusuf’s journey into tennis began at the young age of 12 when he was introduced to the sport by his friend Yahaya Sani Inabo. “He [Yahaya] introduced me to tennis, he took me to the tennis court, we started…
