It is better for Nigerian tennis players to seek a way of consistent development rather than pursue exposure in the game. This was the advice given by Jonathan Igbinovia, one of Nigeria’s finest tennis players ever, during an interview with…
After being without a tournament of their own in the past few years, wheelchair tennis players will be treated to top tennis action when the Puma Engineering Wheelchair Open takes centre stage in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital.Nigerian Tennis Live gathered…
There was a lot of media hype and buzz on the social media about the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, especially with the recent rebranding of the tournament after 17 consistent years.Nigerian players were not left out of the buzz,…
Team Leadway Assurance led by Babalola Abdulmumin and Clifford Enosorogbe – two active former national champions – brushed aside the challenge of Team Next Gen to win their first point in the NCC Tennis League in a tie which took…
The Lagos Open International Tennis Championships may have come and gone, but did the organizers really get a mileage for the whole package? Nigerian Tennis Live correspondent is trying to find out.In 2017, the Tournament Director, Prince Wale Oladunjoye had…
Jack Draper, the 16-year-old British player who won the second leg of the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, was a losing finalist at the 2018 Junior Wimbledon Open, Nigerian Tennis Live fact checks have revealed.Draper was an outstanding player during…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has shown how good a tennis player he is when he took to the centre court at the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships in a demonstration match on Saturday. The Lagos State governor who played against the…
As weird as it may sound, Nigeria’s young tennis sensation, Oyinlomo Quadre says she wants to break the grand slam record of her tennis idol, Serena Williams. Quadre, once ranked about 289 in world junior tennis, played to the second…
The proposed Brains and Hammers national tournament initially scheduled to hold immediately after the Lagos Open International Tennis Championships, has been postponed. Nigerian Tennis Live gathered from reliable sources that the date for the tournament will be communicated soon but…
Ayeni Olukayode Alafia, a 19-year-old Nigerian tennis player born and raised in the United States has described the organization of the ongoing Lagos Open International Tennis Championships as one of the best.The player who is of Nigerian descent, told Nigerian…