FACT CHECK: 2018 Rainoil Open To Hold On Hard Surface, Prize Money May Change Too
Nigerian Tennis Live can authoritatively report that the 2018 edition of the Rainoil Open Tennis Championship will be played on a hard surface and the prize money for the competition may be increased as well. This is quite different from…
Adewale, Wasiu In Fierce Battle As Wheelchair Ranking Tourney Serves Off In Lagos
Alex Adewale and Wasiu Yusuf are among the top contenders when wheelchair tennis players across the country slug it out at the national ranking tournament which serves off Wednesday. Head coach of Nigeria’s wheelchair tennis, Frank Tarmena, informed that no…
Nigerian Players Need Development, Not Exposure – Igbinovia
It is better for Nigerian tennis players to seek a way of consistent development rather than pursue exposure in the game. This was the advice given by Jonathan Igbinovia, one of Nigeria’s finest tennis players ever, during an interview with…
BACK WITH A BANG: Nigeria To Host Wheelchair Tennis Futures In Abuja
After being without a tournament of their own in the past few years, wheelchair tennis players will be treated to top tennis action when the Puma Engineering Wheelchair Open takes centre stage in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital.Nigerian Tennis Live gathered…
BACK TO REALITY: Now That The Lagos Open Has Ended…
There was a lot of media hype and buzz on the social media about the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, especially with the recent rebranding of the tournament after 17 consistent years.Nigerian players were not left out of the buzz,…
NCC Tennis League: Enosoregbe, Sylvester, Babalola Shine As Top Juniors Upset Seniors
Team Leadway Assurance led by Babalola Abdulmumin and Clifford Enosorogbe – two active former national champions – brushed aside the challenge of Team Next Gen to win their first point in the NCC Tennis League in a tie which took…
Did People Really Buy Tickets To Watch The Lagos Open Championship?
The Lagos Open International Tennis Championships may have come and gone, but did the organizers really get a mileage for the whole package? Nigerian Tennis Live correspondent is trying to find out.In 2017, the Tournament Director, Prince Wale Oladunjoye had…
FACT CHECK: 16-Yr-Old Briton Who Won Lagos Open Played 2018 Wimbledon Final
Jack Draper, the 16-year-old British player who won the second leg of the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, was a losing finalist at the 2018 Junior Wimbledon Open, Nigerian Tennis Live fact checks have revealed.Draper was an outstanding player during…
Governor Ambode Shows Off Tennis Skills As Curtain Falls On Lagos Open (Photos)
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has shown how good a tennis player he is when he took to the centre court at the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships in a demonstration match on Saturday. The Lagos State governor who played against the…
I Want To Break Serena Williams’s Grand Slam Record – Oyinlomo
As weird as it may sound, Nigeria’s young tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre says she wants to break the grand slam record of her tennis idol, Serena Williams. Quadre, once ranked about 289 in world junior tennis, played to the second…
