Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips has qualified for the main draw of the ongoing Stavanger Junior ITF Circuit in Norway after a difficult match against Alen Curovic of Sweden. The Nigerian player, Nigeria Tennis Live gathered, defeated the Swedish player in two ...
Read More »Stavanger ITF: Abayomi, Jebutu Land In Norway, Battle Serious Cold Ahead Of First Round Draws
Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report that Abayomi Phillips and Emmanuel Jebutu have safely landed in Norway ahead of the Junior ITF tournament in Stavanger. The youngsters departed the shores of Nigeria on Friday, 22 November, and touched down in ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Phillips, Jebutu Storm Norway For Two Weeks Of Junior ITF Tourney After Abuja Championship
Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips and Emmanuel Jebutu are presently on their way to Stavanger, Norway, for two weeks of junior ITF competition. The youngsters who benefited immensely from the two weeks of junior ITF Circuit in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, will ...
Read More »Abuja Junior ITF Circuit Cost About N10million – Akindoju
Engr. ‘Dayo Akindoju, the President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has revealed that the organization of the recently held Junior ITF Circuit event in Abuja did not cost less than N10million. In a chat with Nigeria Tennis Live, he ...
Read More »Back-To-Back Junior ITF Finals: Is Marylove Edwards Finally Back?
Several years ago, the name Marylove Edwards was on the lips of every Nigerian tennis observer and follower, she was that good and proved this on the court at all times. The youngster’s trophy cabinet could be truly intimidating. She ...
Read More »Abuja Junior ITF Circuit Fallout: Nigeria’s Mohammed Leaps 595 Places, Phillips, Jebutu, Others Move Too
Even though he did not live to expectations as the tournament’s number one seed over two legs of Junior ITF competition in Abuja, Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips has jumped further up the rankings. Phillips was rated as one of the best ...
Read More »ITF Rankings: Quadre Shoots Into Top 200, Marylove Now 30th Best African
Following through with her pre-tournament hype and rating, Oyinlomo Quadre has won her first ever Junior ITF competition in Nigeria by defeating compatriot, Marylove Edwards. The match which ended in a 6-1, 6-0 victory for the Morocco-based star, was the ...
Read More »Rivalry: Can Marylove Defeat Oyinlomo To Win Second ITF Title?
One of the rivalries in the junior cadre of Nigerian tennis is hands down between Oyinlomo Quadre and Marylove Edwards. Both players had played each other on several occasions before they moved abroad. While Quadre has risen to become one ...
Read More »Unknown Canice Shoots Into Top 1200 As Abayomi, Jebutu Step Up In New Junior ITF Rankings
Until the commencement of the Junior ITF Circuit in Abuja, not many Nigerians were familiar with the name Candice Abua. He stunned bookmakers to win the first of the competition. And in the newly-released rankings by the ITF on Monday, ...
Read More »ITF Junior Ranking: After Abuja Tournament Win, Marylove Moves 360 Places, Now 35th Best In Africa
Nigeria’s Marylove Edwards has jumped up 360 places on the latest ITF Junior rankings from her 1092 placing she was prior to her Abuja Junior ITF Circuit victory. The US-based youngster who was once Nigeria’s number four female tennis player ...
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