Prosperity Okonkwo has now broken into the top 20 junior players on the African continent after winning his first ever J60 title in Ghana. The Abuja-based tennis prodigy defeated the tournament’s number one seed, Daniel Adeleye, in two sets to…
Nigerian players have reached career-high ranking spots in the newly-released update by the ITF after a splendid performance at the J60 Accra event. Nearly all the Nigerian players who participated in the tournament boosted their rankings to the highest they’ve…
Seun Ogunsakin is close to becoming an elite African junior tennis starlet after reaching an unprecedented height in the recent junior ITF ranking. The 15-year-old Nigerian tennis sensation has been on an upward rise in recent months, winning junior ITF…
Seun Ogunsakin has overtaken Daniel Adeleye to emerge as Nigeria’s highest ranked junior player on the ITF ranking, Nigeria Tennis Live reports. Both players reached the quarterfinals of the J100 Harare event in Zimbabwe last week and were also finalists…
Nigeria’s youngster, Seun Ogunsakin, has risen to the number 16 spot in Africa according to the newly-released junior ITF ranking, Nigeria Tennis Live reports. Ogunsakin who has won five of the six finals he has reached in 2024, has been…
Seun Ogunsakin has moved into the top 400 players’ spot in the latest World Junior Ranking released by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The former African U-14 number one player, ranked 529 as at 17 June, 2024 after winning the…
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) will be excited after seeing (first hand) the benefits of organizing the Junior ITF tournaments in Nigeria. After the first week of the J30 Abuja tournament, the recently-released rankings by the ITF show that Nigerian…
After winning the J30 event in Tunisia over the weekend, Nigeria’s Seun Ogunsakin has moved 101 spots on the latest Junior ITF Ranking released on Monday, 13 May, 2024. The former African no. 1 U-14 player won the J30 tournament…
Ohunene Yakubu has hit her highest ever ranking on the Junior ITF Rankings, Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report. The Tunisia-based tennis sensation was a semifinalist at the recent J60 event in Tunisia, where she was only ousted by eventual…
Daniel Adeleye has continued to remain consistent on the junior ITF rankings as he keeps climbing up the ladder with his participation in junior tournaments. The Nigerian no 21 ranked player has been in Accra, Ghana, for some weeks now,…