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NTF Gives Detailed Reasons Players Are Yet To Be Paid Weeks After CBN Open Ended

The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has given a detailed explanation for why players are yet to get their prize monies weeks after the CBN Senior Open ended. The social media has been awash with players’ complaints of not being paid…

DavNotch Senior Open: New National Champions Emerge In Abuja

Like most tournaments across the globe, the DavNotch Senior Open was not without a lot of drama, upsets and intrigues. It surely lived up to its billing as a National Tournament. With players in their second week of a three-week…

VEMP OPEN: Battle In Abuja As Ekpenyong Ambushes Abayomi

There will be a lot of battle at the semis of the ongoing VEMP Open National Tennis Championship in Abuja as some of Nigeria’s young players go neck to neck. In the Men’s final, David Ekpenyong, Nigeria’s highest ranked junior…

Adeleye, Ekpenyong Fly High On Latest Junior ITF Rankings (FULL RANKINGS)

Daniel Adeleye has shot himself up the World Junior ITF rankings after an amazing weekend in Ghana which ended with him winning a J30 event. The Nigerian youngster was the biggest Nigerian mover on the rankings released on Tuesday, 2…

Nigeria Tennis Ranking 2023: Oparaoji, Marylove Top Men, Women Rankings

Sensational Uche Oparaoji from Imo State is Nigeria’s number ranked player going into the three weeks of national tournaments in Nigeria. Oparaoji who won the Dala and Rainoil national events in the last tennis season, sits atop the national rankings…

National Ranking Doesn’t Count – US Athletes Service Founder On How To Gain Scholarship To College In US

Alex Bernard, Founder and Director of the US Athlete Service, has made some important revelations on how Nigerian players can get scholarships to play US College tennis. In an exclusive interview with Nigeria Tennis Live, the French noted that for…

Six Players Who Shone Brightly At 2023 Azimuth Junior Tennis Tourney

The 2023 edition of the annual Azimuth Shipping Lines Junior Tennis Championship was another amazing event that brought Nigeria’s top juniors together from across the federation. The boys and girls in age grades 12, 14 and 16 gave spectators a…

The Metamorphosis Of Peter Ubiebi, A Budding Tennis Phenomenon

In January, 2020, 11-year-old Peter Ubiebi was playing at the Azimuth Shipping Lines Limited Junior Tennis Championship for the first time, but he didn’t have a good experience. “Daddy, they are doing me ojoro. The umpire is doing me ojoro,”…

Nubari, Gbolahan, Lorelay Shine In Azimuth Junior Tennis Finals

The finals of the Azimuth Shipping Lines Junior Tennis Tournament produced some unprecedented winners including Gbolahan Olawale from Ondo State and Lorelay Holzendorf from Edo State. The pair were outstanding in the boys and girls 14 finals. Even though he…

Azimuth Junior Tennis: Yahaya Set To Wrestle Nubari As Khadijat Battles Bright Again

The battle line has been drawn between the finalists of the Azimuth Shipping Lines Limited Junior Tennis Championship as the competition comes to a close on Saturday. Friday saw many of the players who recently returned from Togo pulling off…