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Adewale, Shittu Are Nigeria’s Top Wheelchair Tennis Players

The wheelchair tennis players during the tournament at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos Alex Adewale retained his status as Nigeria’s number one male wheelchair tennis player following a ranking tournament which was held at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos last…

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AJTC Qualifiers: Nigeria’s Return Of 7Gold Medals Excites Ubale

Oyinlomo Quadri was one of the players at the week-long event in Togo National junior tennis coach, Mohammed Ubale, has hailed Nigeria’s superlative performance at the just concluded African Junior Tennic Championship, AJTC Qualifying series in Lome, Togo where the…

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ITA Facilitates Dubai Training For Nigerian Coaches

British tennis star, Andy Murray, flanked by Nigeria’s Bolaji Olawepo (left) and Kenide Alade (right) at the Clarke Francis Tennis Academy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates As part of its contribution to carrying out a holistic development of Nigerian tennis,…

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I Am Still Relevant To Nigerian Tennis- Candy Idoko

Holland-based Nigerian Tennis Star, Candy Idoko, in this interview with Naija Tennis Special, explains why he believes that he can still make a difference in Nigerian tennis, among other issues. You have been off the Nigerian Circuit for a while…

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Sylvester Emmanuel, Michael Moses Set New Targets For 2015

Nigeria’s young tennis prodigy, Sylvester Emmanuel, has set a tall dream for himself in the New Year as the youngster wants to play in more senior championships.The Men’s Singles Winner of the 2014 Ikoyi Tennis Masters in Lagos, told Naija…

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Players, Coaches Rate Tennis High In 2014

Moses Michael is first Nigerian to win the Governor’s Cup this year Clifford Enosoregbe won two straight titles towards the end of the year Tennis in Nigeria has been in a lull state for some years now, with the players…

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Coach Benson Rates Tennis High In 2014

Coach Benson Ishicheli is one of Nigeria’s top tennis coaches who led the country’s team to Egypt for the World Team Cup, where Team Nigeria failed to progress. In this exclusive interview with Eyeonthesports.com, he x-rays Nigeria’s performance in the…

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Enosoregbe Ends Second Consecutive Year As Nigeria’s No. 1

Men’s Singles winner at the Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship in Kano, Clifford Enosoregbe, has ended the year as Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, the second consecutive year he’s ending with this feat.The Benin-based tennis prodigy, who also won…

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Rookie Upsets Top Star At Ikoyi Masters Final

The final match of the Ikoyi Tennis Masters which culminated last weekend was indeed a masterpiece as a rookie, Sylvester Emmanuel, defeated in-form top star, Lawal Shehu in straight sets of 6-1, 7-6.Emmanuel, a wild card entrant, became the youngest…

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Boko Haram: Why Many Players Still Went To Kano Despite Insecurity

Emmanuel Sylvester, one of the players doing battle in Kano An appreciable number of the players had last week, vowed not to attend the Dala Hard Court Tourney in Kano. The main reason being their worries over insecurity in that…