Adewale Isa Tennis: My Mum Sold Her Goat To Transport Me To Lagos – Mubarak Adamu
Mubarak Adamu is a tennis player from Niger State, and was one of the players who participated at the recent Adewale Isa Foundation Junior Tennis Championship in Lagos. The 11-year-old youngster became very passionate about tennis after being introduced to…
CBN Junior: Organizers Introduce Grand Slam Scoring Format
The organizers of the ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Junior Tennis Championship in Lagos have introduced an interesting scoring format for matches. About 100 young tennis players from different parts of the country are currently in Lagos for the…
Pretoria: Ogunsakin Upsets Top Seed To Reach First Ever J100 Semis
Nigeria’s Seun Ogunsakin will be playing his first ever J100 semifinal match after defeating the J100 Pretoria number three seed in the quarterfinals of the event. The highest ranked Nigerian junior player on the ITF ratings is listed among eight…
2024 UTME: Nigerian Tennis Player Bags N14m Scholarship
Fatimah Wuraola has been awarded a scholarship to study Software Engineering at the prestigious Pan-Atlantic University after getting an outstanding score in her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Recall that Nigeria Tennis Live reported the giant strides of the Ilorin,…
Akpan Shares Davis Cup Story: I Didn’t Even Have A Racquet To Play
Michael Emmanuel, aka Akpan, was Nigeria’s revelation at the Davis Cup Africa Group III Qualifier in Abuja, but not many knew what he had to overcome. The Abuja-based tennis player won all four Singles matches he played at the Davis…
National Tournaments To Look Out For Before End Of 2024
Nigerian tennis players are currently unhappy with the number of national tournaments available for them since the turn of the year. Traditionally, for the past few years, there were five competitions that the players had been open to, even though…
Orphaned Lucky Danjuma Seeks Help To Realize Tennis Dreams
Lucky Danjuma is a 17-year-old Nigerian tennis player who resides in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital. But his passion for tennis seems to be lacking the right push. Since he started his tennis career in 2010 inside the National Stadium in…
US-based Jebutu Reveals Plans For New Season After Visit To Nigeria
Jebutu Emmanuel, Nigerian tennis player now based in the United States, recently returned to Nigeria after spending about eight months abroad. The tennis star was sighted around the tennis section of the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, which happened to…
Seun Ogunsakin, 7 Others Selected To Play Grade A ITF Events In South Africa
Nigeria’s Seun Ogunsakin has been listed for three top grade Junior ITF tournaments in the coming weeks, Nigeria Tennis Live can reliably report. Ogunsakin, based in Tunisia, and the highest Nigerian player on the Junior ITF Ranking, is among a…
GOODNEWS: New Tennis Academy Set For Launch In Ekiti
Nigeria Tennis Live has gathered that a new tennis academy will be officially launched in Ekiti State in the next couple of months. Dr. Lekan Makinde, the CEO of Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF), and initiator of the Lekmak Tennis Academy,…
