Tennis in Nigeria

Rose Onoja Abu is not an unfamiliar name with tennis followers, players, officials and coaches in Nigeria. But what people may be unfamiliar with is that she’s a ‘coat of many colours’. By profession, Mrs. Abu works with the Nigeria ...

For the second time since it became an ITF Futures event, the annual Lagos Open Tennis Championship will not be holding in 2020 for obvious reasons. The Coronavirus pandemic hit the world. Aside the two weeks of competition for ranking ...

The question about the best tennis player in Nigeria is one which often doesn’t have a ready made answer. The reason is, tennis, like other sports, evolves rapidly, and the best players spin before you blink, but this does not ...

Nigerian tennis players have the assurance of a new tennis league event as soon as the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown is over. The players who have been without any form of competitive tennis action for a minimum of three months can ...

Facts have emerged on how Nigeria could have lost her number one female player, Oyinlomo Quadre, to another country in 2019 over US visa denial. The Nigerian superstar had been invited to play the Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl competitions ...

All three legs of the World Tour events in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, have been canceled over the dreaded Coronavirus which has taken over the entire world. This was contained in a statement issued by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ...

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 ...

Aisha Hirse, a Nigerian tennis umpire, has revealed that she is the only African among a crop of tennis umpires officiating at a Challenger series in Australia. The beautiful Aisha, who’s well revered among her colleagues, was one of the ...

Kehinde Ijaola, the chairman Nigeria Tennis Umpires Association (NTUA) has said that the association recorded its highest number of attendees at last weekend’s AGM held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Nigeria Tennis Live had reported that the association was ...

South Africa-based tennis sensation, Adetayo Adetunji, has lamented bitterly, how her plans for the year 2019 were truncated by an unprecedented injury worry. In a brief chat with Nigeria Tennis Live, the tennis youngster revealed that her plans were scuffled ...