9th November, 2010
Nigerian tennis faced stern test as the local players debut in the Confederation of Africa Tennis (CAT) Africa Cup of Nations, which served off yesterday in Tripoli, Libya.
Leading Team Nigeria in the menâ€
The women are led by number one female player in Nigeria, Fatimah Abinu, who is supported by Blessing Samuel, Christy Agugbom and Sarah Adegoke.
Though these players failed to represent Nigeria well at the Governorâ€
According to Owoseni, who spoke to Tennis Special on telephone from his base in Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State yesterday, “our players and their coach, Rotimi Akinloye left the country on Sunday night aboard Air Afrique to Tripoli. I have no doubt that the players will not disappoint us in the continental tourney.
“The players might have performed badly at the 10th Governorâ€
Owoseni also noted that the competitionâ€
Tennis Special gathered that the sum of  $2,400 is at stakefor the winners of the singles event with the first runner-up, second runner-up and fourth position pocketing $1,200, $750 and $650 respectively.
For the team event, the winning team will go home with $3,200; $1,600 for the runners-up and $800 for the participating countries which include the hosts Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon.
Team Ghana are made up of Raymond Hayford, Robert Kpodo and Jeff Bukari. They were ledn to Libya by Coach Henry Quansah.
Tunisia and Morocco are the defending champions for the singles and team events respectively.