Yakubu Breaks Into Top 500 In Latest World Junior Rankings
Following her superlative performance at the recently concluded J60 Abuja event, Ohunene Yakubu has now broken into the top 500 of the world junior rankings. The teenage sensation who won two legs of the Junior ITF events in Abuja without…
NTF Makes History As J60 Abuja Debuts In Nigeria
The tennis section of the National Stadium in Abuja will be buzzing on Wednesday, 12 June, 2024, as Nigeria hosts a J60 Abuja for the very first time. While this is hardly a thing to celebrate as other African countries…
Players From China, Australia, GBR, Ghana Set For J30 Abuja
Nigeria will be playing host to players from different parts of the world as the J30 Abuja event takes centre stage in the federal capital. For the third time in 2024, Nigeria will be hosting a Junior ITF event which…
J30 Abuja: Mohammed Upsets Bassey As Nzewi Loses To Fu Wang
The Girls’ Singles match between the J30 Abuja event’s number two seed, Etoro Bassey, and Khadijat Mohammed ended in a defeat for the former, Nigeria Tennis Live reports. Mohammed who lost to eventual winner Ohunene Yakubu, in the quarterfinal of…
J30 Abuja: Mubarak, Ogunsakin, Yahaya In Mouthwatering R16 Clash
There are some top of the table clash of Nigerian youngsters at the ongoing J30 Abuja event in Nigeria’s Federal Capital, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. The competition which served off on Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 with an 6-0, 6-0…
Ekpenyong Speaks After J100 Win, Reveals Next Destination
Nigeria’s number one player, David Ekpenyong, has spoken for the first time since winning his first ever J100 event in Accra, Ghana. The Nigerian teenage sensation beat Nikola Jovic from Serbia for the second time in three meetings to win…
Who Is The Best Nigerian Female Tennis Player?
Only two names will clearly appear on your mind when you see this question; Oyinlomo Quadre and Mary-Love Edwards. Yeah, we know. What we also know is that even though these two names are on your mind right now, this…
Ekpenyong, Adeleye Land In Last Eight Of Accra J100 Event
Only David Ekpenyong and Daniel Adeleye are the only Nigerian players who have scaled through to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Accra J100 event in Ghana. The third player, Joseph Jimoh, could not make it past his opponent, the tournament’s…
Ekpenyong: Conquering Them All; 8 Finals, Two Runner-up Trophies
You’ll have to go back as far as September, 2022 for the last time David Ekpenyong lost in a final of an ITF event, that’s of course before his recent trip to Canada. His record on the Junior ITF Circuit…
Accra J60: David Ekpenyong – The Last Man Standing
For the second time in a few weeks since Nigerian players took to the Gold Coast of Ghana for the Junior ITF tournaments, a Nigerian has made it to the finals. With the exception of Ohunene Yakubu who was a…
