Nigeria Tennis Live

Year: 2024

J30 Abuja: Mohammed Ambushes Yakubu As Ogunsakin, Ganiyu Renew Rivalry

Abuja-based Khadijat Mohammed will battle Nigeria’s number one junior female player, Ohunene Yakubu, in a bid to qualify for the semis of the J30 Abuja event. Mohammed, winner of the Dala Hard Court championship in 2023 will depend on her…

J30 Abuja: Top Seeds Advance To Q/Final As Nigerian Players Shine

Top seeds at the ongoing J30 Abuja ITF event have advanced to the quarterfinals of the event after some amazing tennis inside the tennis section of the National Stadium, Abuja. All the players seeded won their matches, although they met…

J30 Abuja: What I Learnt From Yahaya – Fu Wang Choi

Fu Wang Choi, the number one junior tennis player in Hong Kong, has spoken glowingly about Sani Yahaya Inabo, whom he lost to in their R16 match at the ongoing J30 event in Abuja. The player from Hong Kong played…

J30 Abuja: People Warned Us About Coming To ‘Unsafe’ Nigeria – Parent

Annie Mo, the mother of one of the participating players at the ongoing J30 Abuja event, has revealed how she was discouraged from coming to Nigeria. The Honkonger brought her son, Fu Wang Choi, to Nigeria for the two-week event…

J30 Abuja: Mubarak, Ogunsakin, Yahaya In Mouthwatering R16 Clash

There are some top of the table clash of Nigerian youngsters at the ongoing J30 Abuja event in Nigeria’s Federal Capital, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. The competition which served off on Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 with an 6-0, 6-0…

J30 Abuja: Nigeria’s Oduwaye Beats America’s Herraz, Set To Face Adeleye

In a match that ended almost before it started, Nigeria’s Ayomide Oduwaye defeated America’s Mehdi Herraz in his first match at the J30 Abuja ITF event. The Ogun-born tennis youngster who won the Rock Tennis Foundation national U-16 junior championship…

BNP Paribas World Team Cup: 43 Players, 13 Officials; Tournament Director Gives Honest Verdict

Kehinde Ijaola is by now, a household name in Nigerian tennis. He was recently handed the task of being the Tournament Director at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Africa Qualification event in Abuja. And for those who were at…

J30 Abuja: National U-16 Champion Oduwaye Set To Take On America’s Herraz

Ayomide Oduwaye, winner of the Rock Tennis Foundation national U-16 Championship, will be playing his first ITF event of the year when he takes on Mehdi Herraz from the USA at the J30 Abuja event. Oduwaye defeated Henry Aina in…

Adeleye, Yakubu Are Top Seeds For J30 Abuja As Players Troop In From USA, China, Namibia

Nigerian junior players are the top-ranked players at the J30 Abuja competition which serves off inside the tennis section of the National Stadium in Abuja. Daniel Adeleye leads the pack in the male event as he is the highest ranked…

SCOOP: Nigeria Planning To Host 2024 Davis Cup Qualifiers

If things go according to plan, Nigeria may emerge as the hosts of the Davis Cup World Group III qualifiers scheduled for June, 2024. The Nigerian team consisting of Coach Benson Ishicheli, Uche Oparaoji, Christopher Bulus, David Ekpenyong, Wilson Igbinovia…