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Nigerian Players Launch New Ranking Points As Ogunsakin Enters First Ever J300 Event

Seun Ogunsakin, Nigeria’s highest ranked junior tennis player on the Junior ITF rankings, has consolidated on his current status as one of Africa’s finest players. The Nigerian youngster who is currently in South Africa for the J300 Durban event moved…

SCOOP: Nigeria Set To Have Three No. 1 Players In New National Rankings

Nigeria Tennis Live has gathered that there are chances the new national rankings will feature three female players with the same number of points. Three different players have won the last three national competitions on offer and this has thrown…

New ITF Ranking: Nigeria’s Ogunsakin Now Rated 16th In Africa

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…

VEMP Open: Okonkwo Upsets Canice As Oparaoji Picks Fight With Ekpenyong

Prosper Okonkwo produced what could be one of the biggest upsets at this year’s VEMP Open National Tennis Championship by beating Canice Abua in the Men’s Singles quarterfinal match. The J30 Abuja finalist battled the tournament’s number four seed in…

Top 9 Players Who May Be Considered For Billie Jean King Cup

About one month from now, Nigeria’s female team will be playing in Nairobi, Kenya, to try to qualify from the Group III of the Billie Jean King Cup event. At the last outing in Kenya, the team came fifth and…

AJC Update: Khadijat Crushes Opponent As Ogunsakin Falls Short

Nigeria’s number three ranked player, Khadijat Mohammed, has won her first match at the ongoing African Junior Championships (AJC) in Algeria. The J30 Abuja winner played against Modjo Okomo from Equatorial Guinea in one of the second matches of the…

Algeria AJC: Ogunsakin To Face Egyptian As Khadijat Ambushes Okomo

Seun Ogunsakin, one of the seeded players at the ongoing African Junior Championship (AJC) in Algeria will open his account against Mostafa Samih from Egypt. Even though the U-16 AJC event served off on Monday, 15 April, 2024, the talented…

Mohammed Tops List Of TPPA UTR Tourney Wild Card Entrants

Khadijat Mohammed, winner of the J30 Abuja ITF World Junior Tour, is top on the list of players who got a Wild Card to play at the TPPA UTR National Finals. The Tennis Players’ Parents Association (TPPA) UTR Nationals is…

Ogunsakin, Three Others Confirmed For U-16 AJC In Algeria

Nigeria’s top U-16 junior player, Seun Ogunsakin, will be leading the Nigerian contingent to the ITF/CAT U-16 African Junior Championship in Algeria. This information was confirmed by the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) on Wednesday, 27 March, 2024, after the…

Khadijat Mohammed Speaks On Winning First-Ever Junior ITF Title

At 14, Khadijat Mohammed can already boast of a senior national title and a Junior ITF title, a feat which many Nigerian tennis players can only dream of. Her 2023 Dala Hard Court title win was deemed not so serious…