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My Mum Was So Happy She Started Crying – Jebutu On His US College Scholarship

Nigeria’s Emmanuel Jebutu has spoken for the first time since he landed in the United States of America on scholarship to play College Tennis and study. Nigeria Tennis Live had reported that the Lagos-based tennis player secured scholarship to play…

JUST IN! Jebutu Lands In America, Joins League Of Nigerians In US Colleges

Nigeria’s Emmanuel Jebutu has reportedly landed in the United States of America, as the number of Nigerian players in US Colleges continue to swell. Nigeria Tennis Live gathered, authoritatively, that the Nigerian junior player has just touched down in the…

Abamu, Aiyegbusi Shine At Bet9ja Foundation Tennis Classic

Matthew Abamu was the star of the show inside the Adejumo Tennis Club, Ejigbo, Lagos when the Bet9ja Foundation Tennis Classical Cup held in Lagos. The invitational one-day tournament which was held on Saturday, 28 October, 2023, had a number…

Nigerian Players Take ITF Coaching Courses, Share Stories

Some Nigerian players who have been frustrated by the state of tennis in the country and their inability to grow in the game have started taking ITF Coaching Classes. The players, Nigeria Tennis Live gathered, are part of the students…

Rainoil Open: Enosoregbe, Philips Biggest Casualties Of Day One

Clifford Enosoregbe and Abayomi Philips were the biggest casualties from the day one of the ongoing Rainoil Tennis Open Championship in Lagos. The pair lost their matches to seemingly inexperienced players whom many did not expect to have won against…

Official: Igbinovia Reaches Highest Ranking Ever, Now Top 300

Wilson Igbinovia has officially shot into the top 300 players in world junior tennis after his recent performances on the junior ITF tour. The Lagos-based youngster won two (J5 & J4) of three legs of junior ITF tennis events in…

Starboy! Wilson Igbinovia Crushes Israeli To Win J4 In Benin

Wilson Igbinovia is now arguably the highest ranked male junior tennis player from Nigeria in recent years after his emphatic victory over Israel’s Itay Bity. The Nigerian was the tournament’s number one seed and after losing the second leg in…

J4 Cotonou: Marylove, Igbinovia, Jebutu Advance In Benin Republic

Nigeria’s junior tennis players participation at the J4 ITF tournament in Cotonou have made significant progress in their matches. Marylove Edwards will be playing her third consecutive semifinal match in her third week on the road as she continues her…

J4 Lome: Ijebu, Dawariye, Igbinovia, Marylove, Yakubu Sisters Go For Gold

No fewer than seven Nigerian youngsters will be starting their quest for a gold medal when the J4 ITF tournament serves off today in Lome, Togo. This comes after Wilson Igbinovia won the first leg, a J5 event, last weekend,…

Togo: Igbinovia, Marylove, Kushimo Cruise Into Semis At J5 Event

The Nigerian trio of Wilson Igbinovia, Usman Kushimo and Marylove Edwards have waltzed their ways into the semis of the ongoing J5 event in Lome, Togo. Only one of the four Nigerians in the quarterfinal of the event, Emmanuel Jebutu,…