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SCOOP: Proposed National Tournament To Be Postponed As Dala, Rainoil Opens Get Date

The proposed Brains and Hammers national tournament initially scheduled to hold immediately after the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, has been postponed. Nigerian Tennis Live gathered from reliable sources that the date for the tournament will be communicated soon but…

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Lagos Open Is Better Organised Than Some American, Canadian Tournaments – US-based Star

Ayeni Olukayode Alafia, a 19-year-old Nigerian tennis player born and raised in the United States has described the organization of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships as one of the best.The player who is of Nigerian descent, told Nigerian…

Lagos Open: Coach Ifeanyi Assures Of Impeccable Performance From Atseye, Enosoregbe

Coach Ifeanyi Onyenwenu has spoken glowingly about the chances of his players, Clifford Enosoregbe and Henry Atseye, to turn heads at the ongoing Lagos Open Tennis International Championships. Henry Atseye, arguably Nigeria’s most impressive player at the ongoing tournament, has…

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Lagos Open: Enosoregbe, Otu, Atseye Set To Avenge Nigeria’s Defeats

The trio of Clifford Enosoregbe, Thomas Otu and Henry Atseye will be in action at the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships when hostilities resume on Tuesday, 9 October, and their mission is simple. To win where their counterparts have failed….

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Lagos Open Tennis: 14-year-old Britain-based Youngster Defeats Emmanuel; Sylvester, Oyinlomo Lose Too

Nigeria’s poor run at the 2018 Lagos Open Tennis International Championship continued on Monday with almost all the country’s players in action failed to make it through to the second round in the Men’s Singles. It all started with Sylvester…

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Lagos Open: Wild Card Entrants Sylvester, Oyinlomo Battle Tough Opponents

Sylvester Emmanuel is one of the Nigerian players who got a Wild Card to play at the second leg of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships in Lagos, and he faces a stern test on Monday morning to advance…

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Lagos Open: How Organisers Planned Surprise Birthday Bash For 19-year-old Indian Player

A surprise birthday celebration was on Wednesday, 3 October, organised for an Indian player taking part in the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships.The player, Jennifer Luikham, is one of foreign stars featuring in the competition which was formerly known…

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Lagos Open: ‘Fighting’ Oyinlomo Loses Second Round Tie To Top Ukranian Seed

She put up a fight and caused a major scare, but that was how far she could go in her second round tie against the Ukranian number three seed. Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre lost in two hard fought sets of 2-6,…

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Lagos Open: Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Faces Biggest Career Test; Can She Upset The No 3 Seed?

The second round match between Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre and Ukraine’s Valeriya Strakhova at the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships looks like the biggest career test for the budding Nigerian tennis sensation, and she seems to be up to the…

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Lagos Open: Top Seed Hails Organisers, Says This Edition Is A Much Improved Package

Conny Perrin, the female number one seed at the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, has hailed the organizers of the annual ITF Pro Circuit, noting that the 2018 edition is a much improved version of the competition.The Swiss player…