NCC League: Mary-Love Gets Her Revenge Against Senior Player
Junior tennis star, Marylove Edwards, made good her threat to revenge her 2-6, 2-6 first round loss to Patience Onebamhoin at the CBN Senior Championship early in the year. Edwards, playing for Team CBN Futures beat Onebamhoin, ranked No.9, 6-2,…
ITF/CAT: Team Nigeria Eventually Secure Visas, Depart For South Africa
After a delay by the South African embassy, Team Nigeria were eventually issued visas on Sunday and departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in the early hours of Monday, 7 March, 2016 for the forthcoming ITF/CAT African Junior Championship…
Enosoregbe, Adegoke Win Rainoil Tennis Masters Champions
Former National champion Clifford Enosoregbe got back to winning ways with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Christian Paul – a player who got in through a concessional wild card. Enosorogbe who was dethroned by Thomas Otu at the end of…
Rainoil Ikoyi Club Masters: Christian Paul To Meet Moses Michael In Semifinals
Christian Paul Thursday made maximum use of the slot given to him by his team captain Henry Atseye by edging out national champion, Thomas Otu in the final round robin match 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 to book an ‘appointment’ with compatriot from the Tombim Tennis Academy, Michael…
Ikoyi Club Comes Alive For Rainoil Tennis Masters
Ikoyi Club, the premier membership club in Nigeria, will open its doors to players and spectators for the second edition of the Rainoil Tennis Masters which kicks off in Lagos, Tuesday, 19 January, 2016. The Rainoil Tennis Masters is featuring…
2016 ITF/CAT Circuit: How Nigeria Conquered Africa
Nigeria emerged champions of the 2016 ITF/CAT West and Central African Junior Championships held at the National Tennis Centre, Package B of the National Stadium, Abuja by clinching nine gold and six silver medals to earn 930 points. Cameroon came…
2016 ITF/CAT Circuit: Nigeria Wins Four Gold Medals In Doubles
Team Nigeria at the ongoing ITF/CAT Junior Championship in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital territory, on Friday, 15 January, 2016, won four gold and three silver medals in the doubles events. In the Boys’12&U doubles final, Daniel Adeleye and Sulaiman Ibrahim…
From Zero To Hero: Read The Amazing Story Of Gabriel Inyang, Nigeria’s Next Big Thing In Tennis
He was still a naïve youngster when he participated in the 2014 NNPC/ITA Junior Tennis Circuit in Kaduna.Present at the tourney were already ‘established’ young champs; MaryLove Edwards, Angel McCleod, Gabriel Friday, Christopher Itodo, among others. But Gabriel Inyang wasted…
2016 ITF/CAT Circuit: 5 More Nigerians Qualify For Semifinal
Nigeria on Wednesday booked five more semifinal places at the 2016 ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championship holding at the National Tennis Centre Abuja as Marylove Edwards, Barakat Quadri, Timipre Maxwell, Daniel Adeleye and Favour Friday all advanced to…
2016 ITF Junior Circuit: Quadri, McLeod, Inyang Lead Nigeria’s Title Defense
2016 ITF/ CAT Top 8 Junior Masters fifth-ranked player, Oyinlomo Quadri, Angel McLeod, Christopher Itodo and South Africa-based Adetayo Adetunji will be leading Nigeria’s quest for a third successive title as the 2016 ITF West & Central Africa Junior Circuit…
