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Savage Seeks N3m To Attend Para-Standing Tennis World Championship

Kayode Savage, Nigeria’s sole representative to the Para-standing tennis world championship, is seeking sponsorships to attend the tournament. Savage became the first Nigerian ever listed to participate in a para-standing championship when organizers of the World Championship released the list…

J30 Abuja Aftermath: Five Players Sponsors Should Pay Close Attention To

Nigeria hosted two weeks of J30 Abuja, a junior ITF tournament which expectedly had the host nation having most players in the entries. As a way of encouraging more player to participate in the competition, the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF)…

National Ranking 2024: Top Ten Nigerian Players (Male/Female)

Nigerian players have not participated in any national tournament yet in 2024, but not every one of them knows where they rank on the national ranking. The last one was released in December, 2023, after the Dala Hard Court championship…

Yahaya Sani Inabo, The ‘Barrack Boy’ Turning Heads In Abuja

His gangling manner of movement surely makes Yahaya Sani Inabo look very frail and harmless, but the same cannot be said of him when he’s on the court. This teenager from the Mambilla Barracks Tennis Club which sits pretty just…

New ITF Ranking: Ogunsakin Now Nigeria’s No 2, Sneaks Into Top 40 In Africa

After back-to-back J30 Abuja titles, wonderkid Seun Ogunsakin has risen to become Nigeria’s second-highest ranked junior player on the ITF rankings. The rankings released on Monday afternoon showed that the Ekiti-born teenager is now rated 596 in the world after…

SEALED! ITF Confirms Another Two Weeks Of J30, J60 In Abuja

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed another two weeks of World Tennis Tour Juniors in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital. Nigeria had over the weekend, concluded a two-week J30 Abuja event in the country’s federal capital, and information has it…

J30 Abuja: It’s An All-Aurum Boys’ Singles Final Showdown

Two players from the prestigious Aurum Tennis Academy in Abuja will be playing the Boys’ Singles Final at the J30 Abuja event on Sunday. Prosper Ikenna Okonkwo will be playing against Seun Ogunsakin, both of whom are in the Academy,…

AAG Camp Update: Everyone Is Eager To Represent Nigeria – Akinloye

Coach Rotimi Akinloye, the head of the Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF’s technical unit, has spoken about Nigeria’s preparations for the forthcoming All African Games in Ghana. Akinloye, arguably Nigeria’s most experienced coach, has been overseeing the activities of players who…

J30 Abuja: Nigerian Players Crush Their Foreign Counterparts, Land In Semis

Nigerian players at the ongoing J30 Abuja event have proven to be exceptional with their performances in the second leg of the ITF event. The players have ensured that the Boys’ and Girls’ Singles will be won by a Nigerian…

J30 Abuja: Fu Wang Choi Upsets Nigeria’s Jimoh, Set For Revenge Against Yahaya

Fu Wang Choi from Hong Kong has caused an unprecedented upset at the J30 Abuja event after defeating tournament’s number two seed, Joseph Franklin Jimoh in a final set match. The teenager who is the number one junior player from…