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Savage Seeks N3m To Attend Para-Standing Tennis World Championship

Kayode Savage, Nigeria’s sole representative to the Para-standing tennis world championship, is seeking sponsorships to attend the tournament. Savage became the first Nigerian ever listed to participate in a para-standing championship when organizers of the World Championship released the list…

Savage Set To Become First Ever Nigerian To Play Para-Standing Tennis

Kayode Savage, a Nigerian tennis player and coach, has been accepted as one of the players who will be playing the 2024 Para-Standing Tennis World Championships. The Para-Standing Tennis World Championships is a tennis event organized for tennis players with…

Success Godwin: Coach Kay-Kay’s New Golden Goose

For most people who are familiar with Coach Kayode Savage, what is most peculiar to him is his uncanny ability to unearth new, and extremely unknown talents. From discovering Marylove Edwards, to shining the light on Serena Teluwo and recently…

How We Launched Junior Tennis League – Savage

Nigerians were taken by surprise following the unprecedented launch of a junior tennis league in the country on Monday, 25 April, 2022. Coach Kayode Savage, one of Nigeria’s top junior tennis coaches, is the Director of the league meant to…

Kehinde Ajayi First CBN Open Winner Passes On, Odizor Mourns

Nigeria Tennis Live can report that Coach Kehinde Ajayi, the first man to win the Senior Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Tennis Open Championship, is dead. As at the time of filing this report, pur correspondent could not ascertain when…

Rose Nana: The Next Big Name In Nigerian Tennis?

Her unassuming stature definitely doesn’t do justice to how much power her racket carries. But Rose Nana, a seven-year-old tennis prodigy knows what she wants and is ready to go for it. When her father wanted her to get on…

He Was Humble: Players, Coaches, Umpires Eulogize Late Adenekan

Nigerian players, coaches and umpires have reacted to the shocking and sudden demise of Mr. Lanre Adenekan, one of Nigeria’s top tennis umpires. Nigeria Tennis Live had reported the demise of the Umpire who was confirmed dead over the weekend,…

Kay Kay, Igbinovia, Osakwe, 61 Others Jostle For Main Draw Tickets As Rainoil Tennis Open Qualifiers Kick Off

No fewer than 64 players are jostling for spots in the main draw of the Rainoil Open Tennis Championship, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. Information made available to our correspondent have it that the preliminary rounds kicked off on Friday,…