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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…

Bergen Junior ITF: Wild Card Entrant Outclasses Nigeria’s Jebutu In Norway

Nigeria’s chances of advancing at the ongoing Junior ITF Circuit in Bergen, Norway, was cut short by a home player, after crushing Emmanuel Jebutu in two straight sets. Jebutu, seeded eight for the competition, stood no chance against Jonathan Berling,…

Nigeria’s Jebutu Is One Of The Top Seeds As Bergen Junior ITF Starts In Norway

Emmanuel Jebutu from Nigeria is one of the top seeds of the Bergen Junior ITF which kicks off on Wednesday, 4 December, 2019. The Nigerian junior star is one of the players expected to shine at the competition which is…

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…

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…

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,…

Abuja: Marylove Wins First Ever ITF Circuit Title As Jebutu, Abayomi Shine Too

Marylove Edwards over the weekend won her first ever Junior ITF title at the first leg of the Abuja ITF Junior Circuit in Nigeria. The US-based teenage sensation was the tournament’s number one seed and lived up to her pre-tournament…

UK-based Apex Tennis Academy Plans Inter-School Junior Tennis Competition

Adesola Aderogba, the Head Coach of UK-based Apex Tennis Academy, has revealed plans by the Academy to organize a year-ending inter school junior tennis competition. In an exclusive interview with Nigeria Tennis Live on the sidelines of the launch of…

Nene Yakubu, 9-yr-old Bright Shine At Adeyemi-Bero Junior Tennis Championship

Youngster Nene Yakubu was one of the stars at the recently held Adeyemi-Bero Annual Tennis Championship which climaxed over the weekend. The competition which is basically an U-14 event, was competed by some of the best in the age category…

Maputo Junior ITF Circuit: Jebutu Crushes Mozambican Opponent, Guns For Quarterfinals Slot

Emmanuel Jebutu was in rampaging form during his first round match against Mozambique’s Jaime Sigauque at the ongoing Mozambique International Junior Championship in Maputo. The Nigerian number eight seed thrashed the home boy in two straight sets. He won 6-3,…