Nigeria Debuts In Wheelchair Tennis World Cup.

Nigeria will be making its debut in the Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup holding from May 21-27 in Seoul, South Korea.

The four-man Nigerian team made up of Wasiu Yusuf, Alex Adewale and  Jude Uwaize alongside coach Frank Tarmena departed Nigeria on Saturday aboard a Qatar Airline to Seoul en route  Doha. 

They are schedule to arrive the Far East country Sunday evening about the same time the draws will be made.

Brimming in high spirit, the team wrapped up its three-week close camping in Lagos on Thursday and had a brief meeting with Nigeria Tennis Federation President Engineer Sani Ndanusa who assured the players to facilitate more domestic and international tournaments.

Ndanusa, who was recently appointed as a member into the developmental committee of the ITF, charged the team to put in their best stressing that the competition provide the country the best platform to justify Nigeria’s rating by the ITF as one of the top five countries where wheel chair tennis has gained rapid development in the last few years.

Nigeria  is Africa’s sole representative in the event and will be slugging it out with the likes of Germany, Australia, Thailand and Israel in Group II  which has twelve teams,  while a top-three placement will see it gain promotion into the Group I which has the likes of global powerhouses Netherlands, France, Sweden Poland , Belgium and Great Britain.