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Junior ITF Rankings

JUST IN: Marylove Moves Up In New ITF Junior Rankings, As Quadre Maintains Status Quo

In the recent junior rankings released by the ITF on Monday, 9 December, Nigeria’s junior female tennis players have shown some level of improvements, especially talented Marylove Edwards. Checks on the ITF website on Monday showed that Edwards moved five…

BREAKING: Nigeria’s Abayomi Phillips Rises In Recent Junior ITF Rankings, Jebutu Drops

Abayomi Phillips, Nigeria’s highest ranked junior male tennis player, has moved two places up the ladder, in spite of an unimpressive performance in Stavanger, Norway. Nigeria Tennis Live checks on the ITF website showed that the player has moved two…

Breaking: Phillips, Jebutu, Players Who Won Abuja ITF Junior Circuit Drop Places In Latest Rankings

Abua Canice and Musa Mohammed who won the first and second legs of the Abuja Junior ITF Circuit respectively, have dropped places on the recently released junior ITF rankings. Nigeria Tennis Live checks revealed that both players who are currently…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

AMAZING: Nigeria’s Philips Moves 192 Places, Oyinlomo Jumps Up Too In Newly Released ITF Rankings

Young Nigerian tennis prodigy, Abayomi Philips has moved about 192 places in the junior ITF rankings released by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Philips made it to three Junior ITF Circuit finals in three weeks, winning one and losing two…