Oyinlomo
Quadri, Serena Teluwo, Reya Holmes and Oiza Yakubu will lead the national junior players to the 3rd MP Tiger Tennis Championship holding between February 26 and March 3 at the National Stadium, Lagos.
The
tournament which, among others, is serving as warm up for Nigerian players for
the West and Central African Junior Circuit scheduled for Lome, Togo in March.
MP Tiger
Tennis boss, Paul Moses informed that the tournament sanctioned by the Nigeria
Tennis Federation will attract about 80 players who will compete in four boys
and girls categories namely Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16.
Moses, a UK
Professional Tennis Registry-certified coach, said the tournament was to hold
in January but was delayed so as to keep Nigerian players in shape for the
tournament in Togo noting that it will help Nigeria continue its dominance of
junior tennis in the West and Central Africa region.
Quadri
missed the last edition of the tournament but it was in the inaugural edition
that threw her to limelight as she went ahead to win a number of tournaments in
West Africa which prompted the ITF to award her a scholarship to the High
Performance Centre, in Casablanca, Morocco.
The quartet
of Teluwo, Holmes, Yakubu and Iye Onoja are also in line to represent Nigeria
in Lome, and while her teammates are training at home, Teluwo is currently
perfecting her skills in the US and she is scheduled to return to Nigeria this
weekend.
US-based duo
of Marylove Edwards and Angel McLeod alongside Gabriel Inyang, Mathew Abamu,
Venus Ubiebi and Toyin Asogba are some of the other national players that have
featured in the tournament.
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