Give Us 12-15 National Tournaments In A Year – Sylvester Tells NTF
Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, Sylvester Emmanuel, has appealed to the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) to ensure the players get a minimum of 12 National tournaments in a year. The country can boast of only four national competitions at…
REVEALED: How Coronavirus Prevented Nigeria From Playing 2020 Fed Cup
Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report that if not for the Coronavirus pandemic that ravaged the world, Nigeria would have competed at the 2020 edition of the Fed Cup. Recall that during her IG Live session with Nigeria Tennis Live,…
It’s All Scam! Nigeria Tennis Players Condemn NTF For Neglecting Them
Nigerian tennis players have openly condemned the activities of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) especially since they are being deprived of tournaments for lengthy periods of the year. Nigeria Tennis Live had reported that the NTF was planning two new…
Like In 2019, NTF Plans Awards Night For Year 2020 As Federation Releases Calendar Of Activities (Full Calendar)
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) like in the last two years, is planning to hold an awards/gala night event scheduled for May, 2020. Nigeria Tennis Live can report that this event has been in the federation’s calendar of activities for…
In 2003, Djokovic Was Ranked 74, While Nigeria’s Lawal Was 83 In The World; What Has Changed?
Novak Djokovic is the world’s number 2 ranked player at the moment, but only 17 years ago, Nigeria’s Shehu Lawal was ranked just nine places below him in the world juniors. As at this time, the 34-year-old Lawal was at…
Nigeria Planning To Host Challenger Series In 2021 – NTF President
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) may be hosting a Challenger series in year 2021. For a few years, the federation had been mooting the idea of having a Challenger series in the country to boost…
My Colleagues Have Resorted To Begging Because We Don’t Have Any Wheelchair Tennis Tournament – Williams
Nigeria’s number four ranked wheelchair tennis player, Williams Ukari, has lamented over the absence of national tournaments for players with special abilities, revealing that it has led some of them to begging at night. Ukari who won bronze at the…
NTF Assures Nigerian Tennis Players Of Two New National Tournaments In 2020
Engr. Ifedayo Akindoju, the President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), has assured Nigerian tennis players that the federation is planning two additional tournaments to the tennis season. The NTF President who made this confirmation during a brief phone discussion…
SCOOP: NTF Planning Six Weeks Of Junior ITF Circuit In Lagos, Abuja
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has begun preparations to host six weeks of Junior ITF Circuit events in the country, Nigeria Tennis Live has scooped. This is following from the federation’s introduction of a two-week event in 2019, the first…
I’d Rather Have More National Tournaments Than ITF World Tour Events In Nigeria – Sylvester
Sylvester Emmanuel, Nigeria’s undisputed number one male player, has spoken glowingly about how much progress he made in the year 2019, especially one in which he won three out of the four national titles available. In an exclusive interview with…
