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Lagos Open Tennis: Top 3 Nigerian Players Who Stood Out After Week One Of ITF World Tour

The expectations of Nigerian tennis followers that one of the local stars would successfully go beyond the quarterfinal of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship faded almost immediately after it began. This was majorly due to the inability of…

Lagos Open Tennis: She’s Too Good For A Nigerian – Indian Top Seed Says After Defeating Oyinlomo

Riya Bhatia, the Indian number five seed who defeated Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre, has described the youngster as a really good player. Bhatia, ranked 499 in the world, played a final set match against Quadre, a top 200 junior player which…

Lagos Open Tennis: Oyinlomo Sets Up 2nd Round Clash Against Indian Star After Emphatic 1st Round Win

Living up to her pre tournament hype, Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre has booked her place in the second round of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship. Quadre, Africa’s number four best junior player, crushed top player, Patience Onebamhoin in two…

Lagos Open Tennis: Don’t Expect Any Miracle From Nigerian Players – Christian Paul Warns

One of Nigeria’s top tennis players, Christian Paul, has warned tennis followers, enthusiasts not to expect any great performance from any Nigerian player at the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship. The Abuja-based Paul who lost his second preliminary match…

Lagos Open Tennis: Sylvester Powers Into Main Draws, As Christian Paul, Others Fall Short

Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, Sylvester Emmanuel, has qualified for the main draw of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship, after overcoming youngster, Emmanuel Jebutu, in two straight sets of 6-3, 6-1. Nigeria Tennis Live reports that Sylvester,…

Lagos Open Tennis: Youngsters Oyinlomo, Oiza Get Wild Cards To Play Main Draws

Oyinlomo Quadre and Oiza Yakubu will be in action as the Main Draw of the Women Singles at the Lagos Open International Tennis Championship serves off today. Quadre, one of Nigeria’s brightest female stars in recent years, will be playing…

Lagos Open: Nigeria’s Jebutu Shocks Indian Player, As Sylvester Struggles Against Timibra

Youngster Emmanuel Jebutu was one of Nigeria’s most outstanding players on the first day of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship, Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report. The Nigerian junior tennis star who played against an Indian, Bhanu Suthar,…

Lagos Open: Imeh, Oyinlomo Lead Local Stars To Lagos As ITF World Tour Kicks Off

Highest Nigerian ranked on the ATP ranking, Joseph Imeh will lead other local stars to the Lagos Open International Tennis Championship which kicks off on Monday, 7 October, 2019. He leads over 15 other Nigerian players who will be competing…

NTF Confirms Dates For Rainoil, Vemp Open National Tournaments

The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has confirmed the dates for the Rainoil and Vemp National tournaments which are expected to be played before the end of the year 2019. In a brief chat with Nigeria Tennis Live on Friday, Engr….

Lagos Open 2019: Organizers Officially Send Application For Upgrade To Challenger Series

The organizers of the annual Lagos Open International Tennis Championship have revealed that the competition is fast approaching the much anticipated Challenger Series status. In a press statement issued by the Chairman of the tournament’s Local organizing Committee (LOC), Chief…