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…
J30 Abuja Aftermath: Five Players Sponsors Should Pay Close Attention To
Nigeria hosted two weeks of J30 Abuja, a junior ITF tournament which expectedly had the host nation having most players in the entries. As a way of encouraging more player to participate in the competition, the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF)…
J30 Abuja: Mohammed Upsets Bassey As Nzewi Loses To Fu Wang
The Girls’ Singles match between the J30 Abuja event’s number two seed, Etoro Bassey, and Khadijat Mohammed ended in a defeat for the former, Nigeria Tennis Live reports. Mohammed who lost to eventual winner Ohunene Yakubu, in the quarterfinal of…
Khadijat, Etoro In Epic Battle As J30 Abuja Second Leg Serves Off
The centre court of the tennis section inside the National Stadium in Abuja will not be short of fireworks when two of Nigeria’s top juniors face each other as the second leg of the J30 Abuja serves off. Khadijat Mohammed,…
J30 Abuja: Mohammed Ambushes Yakubu As Ogunsakin, Ganiyu Renew Rivalry
Abuja-based Khadijat Mohammed will battle Nigeria’s number one junior female player, Ohunene Yakubu, in a bid to qualify for the semis of the J30 Abuja event. Mohammed, winner of the Dala Hard Court championship in 2023 will depend on her…
10 Nigerian Junior Tennis Players Who Shone Like Stars In 2023
The year ending 2023 produced a lot of intrigues in Nigerian tennis, especially with many of our youngsters shining like stars. Many of these players showed that all the trainings and monies being spent by their parents did not go…
