Enosoregbe Ends Second Consecutive Year As Nigeria’s No. 1
Men’s Singles winner at the Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship in Kano, Clifford Enosoregbe, has ended the year as Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, the second consecutive year he’s ending with this feat.The Benin-based tennis prodigy, who also won…
Rookie Upsets Top Star At Ikoyi Masters Final
The final match of the Ikoyi Tennis Masters which culminated last weekend was indeed a masterpiece as a rookie, Sylvester Emmanuel, defeated in-form top star, Lawal Shehu in straight sets of 6-1, 7-6.Emmanuel, a wild card entrant, became the youngest…
Boko Haram: Why Many Players Still Went To Kano Despite Insecurity
Emmanuel Sylvester, one of the players doing battle in Kano An appreciable number of the players had last week, vowed not to attend the Dala Hard Court Tourney in Kano. The main reason being their worries over insecurity in that…
Dala Tourney: NTF Allays Insecurity Fears In Kano
Vice-President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Mr. Yemi Owoseni The Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF has allayed fears over insecurity in Kano, following some players’ refusal to attend the Dala Hard Court Tourney in the northern part of the country.The players had…
Nigerian Tennis On The Rise Again?
Clifford Enosoregbe, Nigeria’s number one male tennis player Emmanuel Idoko, the fast rising junior player Tennis has a relatively minimal followership in Nigeria. Perhaps because it is an elite sport which is also capital intensive.And the lull being experienced in…
NPA Tennis Open Can Become Nigeria’s Wimbledon- Ndanusa
President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Engr. Sani Ndanusa (on white); Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, Habib Abdullahi,(left) and Secretary General, NTF, Mrs. Gloria Ekwempu during the signature of the MoU in Lagos recently. Photo: Damilare Okunola President, Nigeria Tennis…
14th Governor’s Cup Review: A Case Of What Would Have Been
Clifford Enosoregbe, Nigeria’s number one tennis player The Abridged Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship ended in Lagos on Saturday, with a Nigerian player, Michael Moses, winning it for the first time since it became ITF-certified.Moses showed grit and strong mental…
NPA Open To Serve Off 28 Nov As Dala Tourney Gets New Date
Nigeria’s Michael Moses, who recently won the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, is one of the players expected to do battle during the one week event in Abuja Naija Tennis Special can reliably inform that the proposed National Ports Authority,…
NPA Tennis Open Can Become Nigeria’s Wimbledon- Ndanusa
Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, Mr. Habib Abdullahi and President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Engr. Sani Ndanusa while signing the MoU at NPA’s Marina, Lagos office on Thursday, 27 November, 2014 President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, has…
NTF Counts Gains Of Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis
Leadership of Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, has said that the sport has gained a lot from the annual Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship since inception.The tournament, which is being staged at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, enters its 14th edition this…
