Nigeria Heads To Benin With Winning Form As Itodo Battles For Masters In Cairo

Fresh from their successful outing at the ITF West & Central Africa Junior Circuit in Togo where they won 6 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals to emerge overall winners of the double-phased tournament, Nigerian players are looking good for another dominant outing as the tournament moved to Benin Republic with hostilities commencing on Monday.

An eventful period for Nigerian tennis will also see youngster, Christopher Itodo competing at the 14&U African Masters which holds from September 22-28 in Cairo, Egypt. Itodo was invited due to his performance at the African Junior Championship held last March in Nairobi, Kenya.

For the Circuit, Joseph Ubon, who accounted for three of Nigeria’s six gold medals in Togo, will be spearheading the country’s quest for honour at the event holding at the Tennis Club de L'Amitie, Cotonou.

Ubon completed a great tournament on Saturday by beating Malawi’s Chisomo Luweta 6-3 6-3 in the boy’s final to retain the title he won against compatriot, Mohammed Mohammed in the first phase. Nigerian duo of Emmanuel Audu and Abubakar Tswako won the doubles title by beating Gueninle Ouattara and Chisomo Luweta of Malawi in the final

The tournament in Togo is rated as Grade 5 by the ITF and will have 48 players in the boy’s main draw while 32 players feature in the girl’s draw which will also serve off on Monday.