Engr. Ifedayo Akindoju, President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has expressed his excitement at youngster, Oyinlomo Quadre’s impressive run at the ongoing African Games in Rabat, Morocco. Quadre, ranked 177 in the world junior tennis, has been Nigeria’s best…
The Nigerian contingent (as at the time of compiling this report), had only won three medals at the ongoing Africa Games in Morocco, even though other (relatively smaller) countries could already boast of more. In fact, as at Wednesday evening,…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has set 9 September as the deadline date for the registration of coaches who want to participate in the upcoming Worldwide Coaches Conference holding in Thailand. According to information made obtained on their website by…
After repeatedly defeating top players with unprecedented score lines, it appears as if every female player at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Open Tennis Championship is now wary of Oyinlomo Quadre. For three consecutive matches now, Quadre has…
Youngsters Oiza Yakubu, Iye Onoja and Oyinlomo Quadre are among the top junior players who got the wild cards to compete in the main draw of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Open tennis which will kick off on…
Every year, before the commencement of the annual ITF World Tour events in Nigeria, the local players are always eager to show that they can get past their foreign counterparts, but no matter how much efforts they put in, they…
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) will be hosting an ITF national level 1 coaching course in Lagos, Nigeria Tennis Live can authoritatively report. This latest development is in conjunction with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the event which will…
Nigeria may just be a few months away from securing a High Performance Centre in the country following the expected arrival of a Portuguese ITF Developer. The unnamed ITF Developer who was recently hired by Bahrain, is expected to be…
Nigeria Tennis Live scoops have it that legendary Nigerian tennis superstar, Abdulmumin Babalola, may sometime in the nearest future emerge as the national junior tennis coach. This much was revealed to our correspondent by Engr. ‘Dayo Akindoju, the President of…
The latest decision by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to expand the size of qualifying draw to 32 has been effected with the fast approaching Tombim Abuja Open. This much was gathered by Nigeria Tennis Live on the ITF website…