NCC Tennis League: Enosoregbe, Sylvester, Babalola Shine As Top Juniors Upset Seniors
Team Leadway Assurance led by Babalola Abdulmumin and Clifford Enosorogbe – two active former national champions – brushed aside the challenge of Team Next Gen to win their first point in the NCC Tennis League in a tie which took…
Did People Really Buy Tickets To Watch The Lagos Open Championship?
The Lagos Open International Tennis Championships may have come and gone, but did the organizers really get a mileage for the whole package? Nigerian Tennis Live correspondent is trying to find out.In 2017, the Tournament Director, Prince Wale Oladunjoye had…
FACT CHECK: 16-Yr-Old Briton Who Won Lagos Open Played 2018 Wimbledon Final
Jack Draper, the 16-year-old British player who won the second leg of the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, was a losing finalist at the 2018 Junior Wimbledon Open, Nigerian Tennis Live fact checks have revealed.Draper was an outstanding player during…
Governor Ambode Shows Off Tennis Skills As Curtain Falls On Lagos Open (Photos)
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has shown how good a tennis player he is when he took to the centre court at the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships in a demonstration match on Saturday. The Lagos State governor who played against the…
I Want To Break Serena Williams’s Grand Slam Record – Oyinlomo
As weird as it may sound, Nigeria’s young tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre says she wants to break the grand slam record of her tennis idol, Serena Williams. Quadre, once ranked about 289 in world junior tennis, played to the second…
Lagos Open Is Better Organised Than Some American, Canadian Tournaments – US-based Star
Ayeni Olukayode Alafia, a 19-year-old Nigerian tennis player born and raised in the United States has described the organization of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships as one of the best.The player who is of Nigerian descent, told Nigerian…
Lagos Open: Enosoregbe, Otu, Atseye Set To Avenge Nigeria’s Defeats
The trio of Clifford Enosoregbe, Thomas Otu and Henry Atseye will be in action at the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships when hostilities resume on Tuesday, 9 October, and their mission is simple. To win where their counterparts have failed….
Lagos Open Tennis: 14-year-old Britain-based Youngster Defeats Emmanuel; Sylvester, Oyinlomo Lose Too
Nigeria’s poor run at the 2018 Lagos Open Tennis International Championship continued on Monday with almost all the country’s players in action failed to make it through to the second round in the Men’s Singles. It all started with Sylvester…
Lagos Open: Wild Card Entrants Sylvester, Oyinlomo Battle Tough Opponents
Sylvester Emmanuel is one of the Nigerian players who got a Wild Card to play at the second leg of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships in Lagos, and he faces a stern test on Monday morning to advance…
Lagos Open: How Organisers Planned Surprise Birthday Bash For 19-year-old Indian Player
A surprise birthday celebration was on Wednesday, 3 October, organised for an Indian player taking part in the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships.The player, Jennifer Luikham, is one of foreign stars featuring in the competition which was formerly known…
