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The 9-year-old player, a product of Kay-Kay Tennis Academy, defeated her rival, Mofifunoluwa Atilola, twice to win the championship.
Rose Nana emerged as the champion at the Lagos Schools' Tennis Championship, which was held at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Onikan, Lagos.
The 9-year-old player, a product of Kay-Kay Tennis Academy, defeated her rival, Mofifunoluwa Atilola, twice to win the championship.
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07:01 - 21.10.2023
Ayida Excited About Competitiveness, Talent Of Players at Lagos Schools' Tennis Competition
The competition sponsored by the Allison & Oluremi Ayida Foundation at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Onikan, Lagos.
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06:31 - 20.10.2023
Over 200 students set for Lagos Schools’ Tennis Championship
She defeated Atilola in the Girls U-10 finals before fighting back from a set down to defeat the same opponent to clinch the Girls U-14 title a few hours later.
Recall that in a rematch of their match in the FAAN Junior Tennis Championship in Ikeja, Lagos, a few months ago, both players who performed admirably throughout the competition, advanced to the finals of two different age divisions, the Girls U-10 and U-14 events.
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Other champions
In the Girls U-18 Final, Destiny Okhinaye defeayed Blessing Otu to emerge victorious. She overcame a set deficit to win the match in a decisive fourth set.
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16:35 - 12.09.2023
FAAN Junior Tennis: Double Champ Mofifun Shines As Nekepkemi Wins Big In Lagos
Mofifunoluwa Atilola was the star at the 9th edition of the FAAN Tennis Club Junior Tennis Championship in Lagos.
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13:13 - 28.05.2023
David Ekpenyong and MaryLove Edwards win CBN Senior National Open Tennis Championship
Winners have emerged at the 45th CBN Senior National Open Tennis Championship in the men's and women's singles.
When Okhinaye jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the second set and eventually forced her opponent to withdraw while leading 6-1 in the tie break decider for the short sets match, the match which had seemed dull for minutes after Otu had won the first set 4-2 came to life.
In the boys categories, Ajao Basit and Taofik Mogaji slugged it out in the boys U-18 finals, with the former emerging victorious after delivering some sumptuous tennis on the day.
Other winners in the competition include Oyo State's Onyekachi Ogumjiofor, who defeated David Edwards in the boys U-14 final, while Michael Osagie was the better player when he squared up against Mohamed Okandeji in the boys U-10 final.
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08:34 - 27.03.2023
TENNIS Winners emerge at CBN Junior Tennis championship
Etoro Bassey, Aina Henry, Aina Goodnews, Chidubem Amassiani, Mufu Atilola and David Edwards emerged winners in different categories.
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10:39 - 17.05.2023
300 players set for CBN Senior Open Tennis Championship
The championship is slated for the Tennis Complex of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, from May 18 to May 27.
Organizers are happy with the kids performance
The organizer of the championship, the Allison & Oluremi Ayida Foundation, was filled with awe for the athletes and the level of competitiveness, which he thought was just the beginning of much bigger things.
Laolu Akerele, who represented the organizers, revealed this to journalists after the final games.
He said, "This was a really beautiful competition, and you could see how competitive the kids were out there.
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"Rose was particularly outstanding, I watched her play against Mofifun and I saw that these young girls have what it takes to compete if they keep getting tournaments like this.
"We are really grateful to be able to put together this tournament and the Foundation is delighted with the outcome and the turnout of people out here today. It was a really good time we had."
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