Category Archives: Tennis

Tennis star wants Imo govt scholarship

January 16, 2013 no comments
An Imo athlete who won gold and silver medals in the mixed double and double (female) events of tennis in last year’s National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012 Games, Maduka Ezinne Miriam, wants Gover...

Cross River, Ekiti for t/tennis semis

November 30, 2012 no comments
Cross River had to rely on Bassey Edet to rescue the team from the jaws of defeat after the Coach Richard Edem-tutored side beat Ogun team to set up a semifinal clash against Ekiti in women’s t...

Williams sisters to make history in Lagos

November 2, 2012 no comments
Tennis idols, Venus and Serena Williams will today make history as both sisters turn against each for the first time on any African tennis court. Excited Nigerians are full of expectations and will h...

Gov’s Cup: Perez, Dinu win again

October 29, 2012 no comments
The grand finale of the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship ended with Spain’s Enrique Lopez-Perez of Spain and Cristina Dinu of Romania making history by winning the Men’s and Women’s Sing...

Williams sisters win doubles gold

August 6, 2012 no comments
Serena and Venus Williams retained the Olympic tennis women’s doubles gold with a 6-4 6-4 win over Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka yesterday The American sisters, who also won do...

Azarenka reaches semis

August 3, 2012 no comments
Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus advanced to the Olympic semifinals on Thursday by beating No 7 Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 7-5 under the Centre Court roof at Wimbledon. Kerber eliminated...

Imperious Serena powers into last eight

August 2, 2012 no comments
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams swept into the Olympic quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Russia’s Vera Zvonareva on Wednesday. Williams is bidding to win a singles gold medal for the fir...

Tsonga makes Olympic tennis history

August 2, 2012 no comments
Marathon match takes nearly four hours World No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga entered the record books by winning the longest tennis match in Olympic history. The Frenchman’s second-round clash with Ca...

Nigeria out of table tennis event

July 30, 2012 no comments
Nigeria’s only survivor in the Table Tennis event of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aruna Quadri  has joined his colleagues in shattering whatever hope we have for a medal in the sport. Quadri, the o...