The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has concluded plans to organize a minimum of eight tournaments between 28 October and 18 December, 2021. This piece of information was made available to Nigeria Tennis Live by Engr. Ifedayo Akindoju, the newly re-elected…
For those who have been closely following junior tennis in Nigeria for some years now, the name Murewa Egbeyemi is fast becoming a household name. Murewa started playing tennis at two. He’s been playing for eight years, having started with…
Nigerian tennis teenager, Jumai Mohammed, has bagged a scholarship to study and play College tennis in the United States but lacks sponsorship to claim it. The 19-year-old told Nigeria Tennis Live that she was offered an 80% scholarship at the…
Nigerian youngsters preparing for the forthcoming Junior ITF event branded J5 Lome, in Togo, are among the top seeds of the competition. Wilson Igbinovia, ranked 401 in the world juniors, is the number one seed for the boys’ event, and…
His first trip to Europe was one of those experiences one would rather forget to remember, but Abayomi Philips has surely learnt his lessons from that encounter. Once touted as the next big thing in Nigerian tennis, the 19-year-old did…
George Osakwe, a South Africa-based Nigerian tennis player, will be gunning for a Main Draw spot at an ITF tournament taking place in Pretoria, South Africa. The 25-year-old Nigerian is one of the players listed as alternates for the competition…
Seun and Seyi Ogunshakin will be flying the flag of Ekiti State at the forthcoming National Youth Games in Ilorin, when the event kicks off in October, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. The Ogunshakin brothers have been prominent in national…
Malcolm Osaji has lost every final he has played against his friend and tennis partner, Murewa Egbeyemi, but it does not seem like a big deal to the youngster. Last weekend’s loss at the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship made it…
The Oyo State Tennis Association has named the players who will represent her at the National Youth Games holding in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. According to Coach Tirimisiyu Ganiyu, Imole Afolabi and Rokibat Taiwo will be representing the girls…
Nigerian tennis prodigy, Marylove Edwards, has shared some details of her visit to Paris, France, where she met with Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena Williams’s trainer. The Nigerian youngster spend some days with the world renown coach and she still relishes the…