EXCLUSIVE: Expect About 12 Senior National Tournaments – NTF President
Nigerian tennis players in the country can heave a sigh of relief going by the statement made by the president of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), Engr. Ifedayo Akindoju.The newly-inaugurated president assured the players of at least 12 senior national…
Top Spanish Coach Trains With Nigeria’s Serena, Others Ahead Of ITF C’ship
Nigeria’s Serena Teluwo is among the junior players who underwent a four week-long training under top Spanish tennis coach, Jose Velasco. Naija Tennis Special gathered that the Spanish tennis guru was at the Lagos Country Club with other junior national…
Team Anambra, Others To Kickstart N23m NCC League With Playoff In Lagos
Team Anambra (Onitsha), Team Oluyole (Ibadan) and Team Police College (Ikeja) will kick off this season’s NCC Tennis League with a playoff in Lagos, Naija Tennis Special can report.These teams will tackle one another on Thursday, 27 July at the…
Nigerian Youngster In US Academy Gets Featured On Telemundo (Video)
Venus Ubiebi, the Nigerian female tennis youngster who recently made it to the Rivera Tennis Academy in the United States, has been featured by Telemundo, an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network.Three junior Nigerian tennis players from the Aces Tennis Academy…
Commonwealth Games: Nigeria’s Adetayo Waltz Her Way To Quarter Finals
Nigeria’s Adetayo Adetunji was one of the shining stars at the recently concluded Commonwealth Youth Games, but could not make it to the final round of the tournament.The America-based youngster landed in Bahamas ahead of the coach, Ubale Mohammed’s arrival…
NTF President Reacts To Nigeria’s Performane At The Davis Cup Tourney
Engr. Ifedayo Akindoju, the newly-inaugurated president of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), has hailed the Nigerian team to the recently concluded Davis Cup for putting up such a great performance even though they could not advance to the Group 2…
Davis Cup: Nigeria Defeats Algeria To Place 5th As Team Returns Today
Nigeria’s contingent to the Davis Cup World Team Cup competition in Cairo, Egypt, placed fifth after defeating Algeria 2-0 in the play offs to determine their position after the highly competitive tournament.Host Egypt were given a scare before rallying to…
WEEKEND SPECIAL: ‘Nigerian Tennis Has Nosedived In The Past Few Years’
Apart from the fact that Nigerian players need more local and grassroots tournaments than the international competitions for their development, the sport has nosedived in the country.This was the expert advice of top Nigerian tennis coach, Abel Ubiebi, who insisted…
CONGRATULATIONS: Newly-Elected NTF Board Members Officially Inaugurated
The newly-elected members of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) have been inaugurated in Abuja, Naija Tennis Special has gathered. According to information made available to our correspondent, the accreditation started at about noon and the new members were inaugurated later in…
Davis Cup: Impressive Nigerian Players Proud In Defeat (Photos)
Coach Benson Ishicheli has hailed Nigeria’s performance at the ongoing Davis Cup World Team Championship presently going on in Egypt.The captain of the Nigerian contingent to the North African stated in a brief chat with Naija Tennis Special, that the…
