By Aderonke Ojo The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has apologised to DavNotch Nigeria Limited over the disruption of matches at the ongoing sixth DavNotch Open Tennis Championship in Abuja, following a protest by players. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that matches were temporarily suspended on Monday after someContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojo The National Sports Commission (NSC) has called on stakeholders to bring more International Tennis Federation (ITF) points-scoring tournaments to Nigeria to cut costs for young players to grow and strengthen the country’s tennis profile. Shehu Dikko, Chairman of the commission, made the call at the finals ofContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojo President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), Victor Ochei, says that inadequate infrastructure and funding are the major obstacles to grassroots tennis development in Nigeria. Ochei stated this while addressing newsmen at the 2026 NASCO/ITF J30 World Tennis Tour Junior Championship in Abuja. According to him, theContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojo The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) says 14 countries, including host nation Nigeria, will participate in the 2026 NASCO/ITF J30 World Tennis Tour Junior Championship taking in Abuja. The participating countries are Nigeria, Cameroon, China, Great Britain, Canada, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lithuania, India, Togo, Benin Republic, the U.S.,Continue Reading
By Vivian Ahanmisi Nigeria’s doubles pair, Canice Abua and Michael Emmanuel, defeated Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin and Khumoyun Sultanov 7–6, 6–4 at the ITF Davis Cup tie in Lagos. The closely fought encounter saw the Nigerians edge a tie-break first set before asserting control in the second to win in straightContinue Reading
