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Rainoil Open Tennis: Marylove Gets Wild Card To Play Main Draw As Quadre Starts As Top Seed

Marylove Edwards will be playing the Rainoil Open Tennis Championship which kicks off on Monday, 2 December, Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report. The youngster who has performed exceedingly well in junior ITF competitions in recent weeks is listed in…

Stavanger ITF: Nigeria’s Abayomi Clashes Against Another Swedish Player For Third Round Berth

Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips is in action today at the ongoing Stavanger Junior ITF Circuit competition in Norway, as he seeks a third round berth in the competition. The 476 ranked player who had to go through the qualifying series to…

JUST IN: Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips Overcomes Swedish Player In Difficult Qualifying Match

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. She dominated the local scene, defeating players in her…

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…

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…

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…