AZIMUTH Junior Tennis Tourney Registers Record Number Of Players (Photos)
Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report that the ongoing AZIMUTH Shipping Lines Limited Junior Tennis Competition in Lagos has recorded the highest number of attendees at a junior tournament in Nigeria. The national junior tennis open tournament which is presently…
It’s All Scam! Nigeria Tennis Players Condemn NTF For Neglecting Them
Nigerian tennis players have openly condemned the activities of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) especially since they are being deprived of tournaments for lengthy periods of the year. Nigeria Tennis Live had reported that the NTF was planning two new…
Like In 2019, NTF Plans Awards Night For Year 2020 As Federation Releases Calendar Of Activities (Full Calendar)
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) like in the last two years, is planning to hold an awards/gala night event scheduled for May, 2020. Nigeria Tennis Live can report that this event has been in the federation’s calendar of activities for…
Know Your Coach: Port Harcourt Based Trainer Discovering Talents From The Slums
The next in line among our Nigerian tennis coaches is the rugged Coach Lukmon Ajibose, an amazing grassroots development trainer. In this episode of the Know Your Coach series, we share with our readers, some unknown secrets about this humble…
In 2003, Djokovic Was Ranked 74, While Nigeria’s Lawal Was 83 In The World; What Has Changed?
Novak Djokovic is the world’s number 2 ranked player at the moment, but only 17 years ago, Nigeria’s Shehu Lawal was ranked just nine places below him in the world juniors. As at this time, the 34-year-old Lawal was at…
Quadre Storms Tunisia For ITF Grade 2 Tourney, Sets Top 50 Target For 2020
Nigerian teenage tennis prodigy, Oyinlomo Quadre, is storming Tunisia for the Grade 2 ITF Junior tournament as she begins her 2020 tennis season. The world’s top 200 player who ended year 2019 on a high, was arguably Nigeria’s biggest star…
Vision2020: Abayomi, Jebutu Set For One Month Tour Of Europe
Youngsters Abayomi Phillips and Emmanuel Jebutu may soon be on their way out of Nigeria for a tour of Europe for about a month or more. The junior players who are 321 & 695 players in the world junior rankings…
Nigeria Planning To Host Challenger Series In 2021 – NTF President
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) may be hosting a Challenger series in year 2021. For a few years, the federation had been mooting the idea of having a Challenger series in the country to boost…
My Colleagues Have Resorted To Begging Because We Don’t Have Any Wheelchair Tennis Tournament – Williams
Nigeria’s number four ranked wheelchair tennis player, Williams Ukari, has lamented over the absence of national tournaments for players with special abilities, revealing that it has led some of them to begging at night. Ukari who won bronze at the…
Vision2020: Ekiti State Tennis Coach Vows To Win More Than 25 Trophies
Coach Akinwunmi Ogunshakin, the Ekiti State junior tennis coach, has revealed his plans to ensure that his team comes out tops in all their engagements for the new year. Ogunshakin who has only recently returned from the AJC qualifying series…
