Daniel Adeleye, Nigeria’s highest ranked junior player on the ITF rankings, was one of the stars of the Day one at the ongoing VEMP Open in Abuja. The talented player who recently returned from Ghana and Ivory Coast where he…
The 2023 tennis season served tennis followers in Nigeria with a lot of good moments, but more importantly, moments that brought us to our feet. Both locally and internationally, Nigerian players showed the world the advantages of our population –…
Smarting from their impressive performances at the Dala Hard Tennis Championship in Kano State, Khadijat Mohammed and David John have climbed the national ranking ladder. Khadijat, one of the Wild Card entrants at the recently-concluded event, won the competition for…
None of the winners at the recently concluded Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship in Kano was the top ranked player in Nigeria prior to the event. Henry Atseye rolled back the years to cop his first ever Dala Hard Court…
Henry Atseye, known for turning up when it is least expected, has won the Men’s Singles event of the 2023 Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship. Nigeria Tennis Live gathered that he came out tops in the final match against Canice…
Is it too early to talk about Nigeria’s participation at the 2022 version of the Davis Cup? Maybe not. Out of the four editions of the Rainoil Tennis Open Championship – three on clay, one on hard court, Henry Atseye…
Henry Atseye has moved up to fourth on the newly released rankings after winning his second ever Rainoil Tennis Open Championship over the weekend at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, Lagos. Atseye emphatically defeated Joseph Imeh in two straight but…
Joseph Imeh is , at this moment, the only Nigerian with most appearances at the Rainoil Open Tennis Championship which is a clay court event. But does that make him the master of the surface in Nigeria? After losing four…
Abayomi Philip had little problem securing a second round place at the ongoing Dala Hard Court tournament in Kano after dispatching his opponent in the first round of matches on Monday, 1 November. The former top junior starlet defeated Sani…
Legendary Abdulmumin Babalola and Shehu Lawal are among the senior tennis players who will be participating at the Dala Hard Court tournament in Kano. Also, Henry Atseye, who has taken a course on officiating as well as Clifford Enosoregbe, a…