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SAD: US Embassy Denies Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Visa To Play Orange Bowl

Unless something unusual happens and she gets her visa, Nigeria’s Oyinlomo Quadre will not be participating at the Orange Bowl tournament in the United States of America, Nigeria Tennis Live can report. Reports reaching our correspondent have it that Quadre…

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ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship: Five Nigerians Land In Semis

Alex Adewale and Wasiu Yusuf kept Nigeria’s flag flying at the 2nd Puma Engineering Wheelchair Tennis Championship in Abuja on Thursday following their qualification to the semi-finals of the ITF World Series event, Nigeria Tennis Live has gathered. Top seed…

I Can Produce A Nigerian Who Will Win The Lagos Open In Five Years – Igbinovia

Former Nigerian number one male tennis player, Jonathan Igbinovia, has vowed to produce a Nigerian who can win the Lagos Open International Tennis Championship in five years. In an exclusive chat with Nigeria Tennis Live, the former national champion noted…

Lagos Open Tennis: Igbinovia, Friday, Other Nigerian Youngsters Impress As 2nd Leg Prelim Kicks Off

Nigerian junior players who are participating in the preliminary matches of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship put up spirited displays in their first matches. The youngsters proved how much they have come of age and how fearless they…

Lagos Open Tennis: Top 3 Nigerian Players Who Stood Out After Week One Of ITF World Tour

The expectations of Nigerian tennis followers that one of the local stars would successfully go beyond the quarterfinal of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championship faded almost immediately after it began. This was majorly due to the inability of…

Davis Cup: Sylvester Reacts To National Team Snub, Sets New Target

Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, Sylvester Emmanuel, is not really disturbed about his exclusion from the Davis Cup team presently competing in Nairobi, Kenya. In a chat with Nigeria Tennis Live, the back-to-back Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Open…

Junior ITF Circuit: After Crushing No 1 & 3 Seeds, Nigeria’s Phillips Targets Togolese In Epic Final

Nigeria’s Abayomi Oluseyi Phillips who has been on a roller-coaster ride at the ongoing Junior ITF Circuit in Lome, Togo, is set to turn heads with yet another amazing performance. The youngster who’s responsible for the exit of the tournament’s…

Players Left Frustrated As Rainfall Disrupts Activities At CBN Open Preliminaries Kick Off In Abuja (Photos)

Tennis players have been left frustrated following the heavy downpour witnessed inside the Tennis Section of the National Stadium, Abuja, venue of this year’s Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Tennis Open. Photos obtained by Nigeria Tennis Live showed that…

Now That The ITF World Tour Events Are Over, When Will We Have Our First National Tournament Of 2019?

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…

Dayak Open: Joseph Imeh Battles Brazilian Top Seed For Quarterfinal Berth

Joseph Imeh, the only Nigerian in the second round of the ongoing Dayak Tennis Championship in Abuja, will need to be at his fiercest best to dislodge Joao Pedro Sorgi, the Brazilian number eight seed he’s playing against on Thursday,…