Nigerian Tennis Players

US-based Nigerian tennis player, Sadiq Tswako is bewildered by the inability of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) to keep a database for the players. The Criminal Justice graduate noted, during an Instagram Live session with Nigeria Tennis Live, that the ...

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 ...

Nigeria Tennis Live has gathered that players from all parts of Nigeria are expected at the fast approaching AZIMUTH Shipping Lines Limited Junior Tennis Championship holding in Lagos State. Information reaching our correspondent revealed that apart from the strong presence ...

No fewer than eight players have taken the PTR Certification Course in their bid to become tennis coaches. The training which was held at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos and organized by Coach Abel Ubiebi of the ACES Tennis Academy, ...

Emmanuel Jebutu was in rampaging form during his first round match against Mozambique’s Jaime Sigauque at the ongoing Mozambique International Junior Championship in Maputo. The Nigerian number eight seed thrashed the home boy in two straight sets. He won 6-3, ...

Nigerian youngsters, Emmanuel Jebutu and Marylove Edwards will be in action today at different locations for Junior ITF Circuit competitions. Jebutu who left the shores of Nigeria on Saturday, 19 October, will take on local player Jaime Sigauque in their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Team Nigerian had an amazing run at the recently concluded African Games in Rabat, Morocco, where the tennis contingent returned with two bronze medals from the team and doubles events. Nigeria Tennis Live had followed up with the action from ...