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2019 African Games: Dangerous Imeh, Oyinlomo Crush Opponents With Reckless Abandon As Team Nigeria Cruises

The Nigerian tennis team to the ongoing African Games in Rabat, Morocco, have proven to be too tough for their opponents as the results trickling in have proven. After wins by Sylvester Emmanuel and Emmanuel Sunday, other players have justified…

2019 African Games: Nigeria’s Sylvester Rallies To Crush Mali Player As Otu Falters

Nigeria’s number one male tennis player, Sylvester Emmanuel, started his 2019 African Games campaign on a good note even though he had to bounce back from a first set loss to defeat his Malian opponent. The young man popularly called…

2019 African Games: Who Will Win Nigeria’s First Medal In Tennis?

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,…

Check Out Pictures From The CBN Open Grand Finale You may Have Missed

The grand finale of the 41st edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Tennis Open has ended in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, and the winners have since emerged. But the memory still lingers. While Oyinlomo Quadre proved to…

CBN Open: Brilliant Oyinlomo Crushes Agugbom To Win 1st Senior Title, As Sylvester Retains Men’s Trophy

Oyinlomo Quadre, the prodigiously talented young Nigerian tennis star, was the cynosure of all eyes after a whitewash of Christie Agugbom to clinch her first ever women’s singles title at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Tennis Open Championship…

CBN Open: Fireworks In Abuja As Babalola Battles Sylvester For Men’s Singles Title

Abdulmumin Babalola will be seeking to break the ‘recent jinx’ of reaching a CBN Open final without winning it when he comes up against Sylvester Emmanuel at the men’s singles event later today. Monaco, as the legendary tennis player is…

Abuja To Host CBN Senior Open For 2nd Consecutive Year As NTF Reveals Details

The annual Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Tennis Championship will be hosted by Abuja for the second consecutive season as announced by the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF). Nigeria Tennis Live had exclusively reported in 2018, how the sponsors were…

GSL Open: Can Nigeria’s Imeh & Sylvester Defeat Swedish, French Star In Battle For Second Round?

Nigeria’s Joseph Imeh and Sylvester Emmanuel are presently in the eye of the storm as they battle for a place each in the second round of the ongoing GSL Open ITF Pro Circuit in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital. The Nigerian…

Tombim Abuja Open: After Thrashing Ukrainian Star, Nigeria’s Sylvester Locks Horn With Zimbabwe’s Benjamin; Set For Q/Final Berth

Nigeria’s only player in the second round of the ongoing Tombim Abuja Open, the first 2019 ITF World Tour event in Nigeria, Sylvester Emmanuel, will come up against Benjamin Lock of Zimbabwe for a place in the quarterfinals. Nigeria Tennis…

Tombim Abuja Open: Nigeria’s Sylvester Deals With Ukrainian Player To Land In Second Round

Nigeria’s number one player, Sylvester Emmanuel, was at his best form Wednesday as he defeated Oleg Khotkov of Ukraine to book a second round ticket in the 2019 Tombim Abuja Open. Sylvester enjoyed huge support from the home fans in…