The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja will be agog next Monday for the Puma Engineer ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship.
This is the first time Nigeria will be privilege to host the tournament as it brings lots of excitement to the indigenous tennis players even though the prize money for the week-long event which would feature men and women is three thousand, five hundre dollars.
The championship is facilitated by former President of nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Sani Ndanusa, as no fewer than 15 Nigerian tennis will compete for points alongside other participants from at least five other African countries.
Ndanusa noted that the championship would serve as springboard to the Nigeria’s readiness to outdo all its major rivals particularly, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia and Kenya for next years’ African Wheelchair Tennis Championship slated for February in Ghana.
This is the first time Nigeria will be privilege to host the tournament as it brings lots of excitement to the indigenous tennis players even though the prize money for the week-long event which would feature men and women is three thousand, five hundre dollars.
The championship is facilitated by former President of nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Sani Ndanusa, as no fewer than 15 Nigerian tennis will compete for points alongside other participants from at least five other African countries.
Ndanusa noted that the championship would serve as springboard to the Nigeria’s readiness to outdo all its major rivals particularly, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia and Kenya for next years’ African Wheelchair Tennis Championship slated for February in Ghana.
Meanwhile, Nigerian players are schedule to begin a
week-long training starting Monday in Lagos ahead of the championship.
According to the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Wheelchair
Tennis Federation, Anthony Idaye, the players all featured in the national
ranking tournament which ended in Lagos on Saturday where Alex Adewale and Kafayat
Omisore emerged champions in the men and women categories.
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