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Tennis: Daniillidou Gets Wildcard For Auckland Open

Former World number 14, Eleni Daniilidou has been granted a wild card for the ASB Classic Tennis Tournament in Auckland,…

Dearth Of Tourneys Killing Nigerian Tennis

Nigeria’s revelation at this year’s Governor’s Cup, Kehinde Alade, told DAMILARE OKUNOLA why he thinks the dearth of tournaments has…

End Of Year Review: Lamentations Mar Third Quarter

If you call the third quarter of the ongoing year, a quarter of lamentations then you will not be wrong…

Clijsters Bows Out With Win Over Venus

Former world number one, Kim Clijsters celebrated the end of her sparkling tennis career with a victory in an exhibition…

Djokovic, Serena Win ITF Awards

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray to the International Tennis Federation, ITF annual men’s World Champion award with American…

Why Athletes Dumped Lagos At Festival

Winner of two medals for Team Delta in the Para-table-tennis event of the just concluded 18th National Sports Festival, tagged…

Table Tennis Coach Advises On Players’ Contracts

Michael Oyebode, Coach of Lagos State Table Tennis Association (LSTTA), has urged state associations to involve the Nigeria Table Tennis…

Tennis: Nigerian twins Like The Williams Sisters

Destinee and Essence Martins are the new Venus and Serena Williams, cloned from Nigeria. The 11-year-old twins are very promising…

Andy Warns Opponents

Collins Andy, a Para Table Tennis Player for Team Akwa Ibom has warned his opponents not to underrate him in…

Babalola Relishes Victory In Kano

Men’s Singles winner at this year’s Dala Hard Court Championship, Abdulmumini Babalola, has attributed his success to determination rather than…

Nadal to make Abu Dhabi, Doha return

Rafael Nadal will end his six-month, injury-enforced absence from tennis by playing back-to-back tournaments in the Gulf before launching his…

‘Elite Athletes Bad For Games’

Cecilia Arinye, an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Blue-Badged Umpire decried the use of elite athletes by the states in…

I Want To Retire As An Actor

One of Nigeria’s star performers at the recently ended 12th Governor’s Cup, Monday Igbinovia, tells DAMILARE OKUNOLA how he started…

Wheelchair Tennis: Adewale Laments Dearth Of Tourneys

One of Nigeria’s wheelchair tennis representatives at the London 2012 Paralympics, Alex Adewale, has lamented the dearth of tournaments for…

Sex Abuse: Tennis Hall Of Fame Suspends Hewitt

Former doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been suspended from the International Tennis Hall of Fame after an investigation into allegations…

Table Tennis Star Tips Lagos To Redeem Image

Captain of Lagos State Table Tennis team in the 2012 National Sports Festival in Lagos, Ayo Omotara has assured their…

‘Union Bank Ready For Any Opposition’

Chief Coach of Union Bank Table Tennis Club, Samson Ajayi has expressed confidence that his players are fully ready to…

Federer Wants Faster Courts In 2013

The curtain came down on a stellar year for men’s tennis on Monday, one that saw four different winners of…

‘Why Nigerian Players Are Poor, Backward’

“I fight more than my opponents in every game I play because I need the money and  points more than…

ATP TOUR FINALS: Djokovic topples Federer

World number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic proved in London Monday night that he was really top of the tennis…

ATP Tour Finals: Indian duo defeated in doubles final

LONDON (AFP) – Indian duo Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed to a 7-5, 3-6, 10/3 defeat against Spain’s Marcel…

ATP Tour Finals: Potro clinches s/final spot with Federer

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro claimed a surprise 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-3 victory over defending champion Roger Federer on Saturday…

Adeyinka, Fashola Relish Table Tennis Gold

A student of Yaba College of Technology, Ahmed Adeyinka defeated Badejo Bambo of the Federal College of Fisheries & Marine…

My Mother Taught Me Tennis

Number four ranked South African tennis player and winner of Futures 1 Men’s Doubles at the recently concluded Governor’s Cup…

‘No Date For PH Open’

Secretary of Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Ikana Mbora, has said that this year’s Port-Harcourt Open is not likely to hold…

Williams Sisters teach Soweto kids some tennis

SOWETO, South Africa, (AFP) – Scores of starry-eyed teens in oversized tennis kits queue neatly, awaiting their turn to play…

Exhibition Match: Serena, Venus Thrill Lagos Fans

The occasion was to mark a historic end of the visit of American tennis icons, Serena and Venus, but the…

Tennis: Upsets in Paris Masters

Towering Polish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz upset Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 on Thursday to complete the early exit of…

N3m Up For Grabs At RCCG Tourney

Winners of the inaugural Pastor E. A. Adeboye National U-20 Table Tennis Championship in the male and female categories will…

Serena Made Me Cry At Wimbledon, Says Okoya-Thomas

Tunde Oyedele The Asoju Oba of Lagos, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas has revealed that American tennis sensation, Serena Williams made him…
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