Lagos-based tennis youngster, Mofifunolwa Atilola has risen significantly on the African U-14 Junior rankings, Nigeria Tennis Live reports.
This is sequel to her exciting performance at the two legs of the recent ITF/CAT U-14 Tennis Championship in Tanzania, where she lost in the semis across both legs.
She had done enough, however, to place herself among some of the best junior tennis players across the African continent.
Atilola, whose ranking prior to the competition was 75th, is now 26th on the rankings, making her the second highest-ranked West African player on the rankings, and Nigeria’s number one.
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The 11-year-old who made her debut on the African continent earlier this year, earned her first ranking points at an ITF/CAT event when she participated at a Grade 1 tournament in Morocco across two legs.
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And a few months later, she was back on the road, this time to Tanzania, for two legs of Grade 2 ITF/CAT events where she stunned the hosts as well as the participants to reach the semifinals.
With the new rankings released on Monday, 28 April, 2025, the Nigerian U-14 champion moved over 50 places to rank ahead of her Nigerian contemporaries.
Goodnews Aina (36) is the closest to Atilola, followed by Emmanuella Kwange (55) and Rorisa Jatto (82).
Nigeria Tennis Live will keep monitoring Atilola’s performances within and outside the country, and report her progress to our teeming readers.