Iloputa Battles Ekpenyong For Final Ticket As DavNotch Open Gathers Steam
Ikechukwu Iloputa is just one win away from reaching the final of the DavNotch Tennis Open Championship currently holding in Abuja. The Nigerian number eight seed burst into the semis of the tournament by defeating Canice Abua, Nigeria’s number five…
Top Guns Advance In Abuja As DavNotch Tennis Open Enters Q/Final
The top players at this year’s DavNotch National Tennis Open Championship have proven to be up and doing and have all advanced to the quarterfinal stage of the championship. Unlike the VEMP Open where there was a flurry of upsets,…
DavNotch Open: Ekpenyong Starts Title Defence Positively As Kushimo Wins Big
David Ekpenyong started his title defence at the DavNotch National Tennis Championship on a positive after his opponent pulled out of the game in the first set. Ekpenyong, winner of the 2023 edition of the event, was up against Michael…
JUST IN! David Ekpenyong Defeats Daniel Adeleye, Wins 2024 VEMP Open Title
Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, David Ekpenyong, has won the Men’s Singles title at the 2024 VEMP Open National Tennis Championship. The US-based tennis player played a classic tennis match against Daniel Adeleye, another impressive Nigerian tennis player, in…
VEMP Open: Daniel Adeleye Speaks Ahead Of His First Ever Senior Final
Daniel Adeleye will be playing a national senior tennis championship final for the first time ever when he takes on David Ekpenyong in the Men’s Singles final of the VEMP Open event. The unseeded player who upset Henry Atseye, the…
JUST IN! Nigeria’s Ekpenyong Listed On NAIA All-America Teams
Nigeria’s David Ekpenyong has been listed on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men’s Tennis All-America teams. This was made public by Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), his institution in the United States on Friday evening after…
VEMP Open: Okonkwo Upsets Canice As Oparaoji Picks Fight With Ekpenyong
Prosper Okonkwo produced what could be one of the biggest upsets at this year’s VEMP Open National Tennis Championship by beating Canice Abua in the Men’s Singles quarterfinal match. The J30 Abuja finalist battled the tournament’s number four seed in…
African Games: Which Player Do You Expect To Replace Ekpenyong?
It is no longer news that David Ekpenyong, Nigeria’s number one male team player, has been ruled out of the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana. The US-based teenage tennis sensation confirmed to Nigeria Tennis Live that he is unable…
Ekpenyong: Nigeria’s No. 1 Player Ruled Out Of African Games
Barring any unprecedented development, Nigeria’s number one tennis player, David Ekpenyong, will not be playing at the 13th African Games in Ghana. Ekpenyong, one of Nigeria’s better players at the 2023 Davis Cup qualifiers in Rwanda, confirmed to Nigeria Tennis…
National Ranking 2024: Top Ten Nigerian Players (Male/Female)
Nigerian players have not participated in any national tournament yet in 2024, but not every one of them knows where they rank on the national ranking. The last one was released in December, 2023, after the Dala Hard Court championship…
