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Tennis
Lagos, Oct. 20, 2016 (NAN) With two days left for the ongoing Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championships, Nigerian players have failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the singles event of the competition’s second leg.
However, in the male doubles, only the unseeded Mohammed Mohammed and Joseph Ubon made it to the quarter-final stage before crashing out of the tournament at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan.
Also unseeded Sylvester Emmanuel, Destiny Ford-Da Silver and Thomas Otu are other Nigerians who made it to the quarter-final stage before they also crashed out.
Similarly, the women’s doubles was very poor as Sarah Adegoke and Angel McLeod, both wild card entrants failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Aanu Ayegbusi and her partner, unseeded Aminat Quadri; Christy Nwankwo and Nigerian Russian-born Melissa Ifidezen also fell off in round one.
Meanwhile, number four seeded, Gianni Mina from France created an upset as he defeated Egypt’s Karim-Mohamed Maamoun, winning 6-1, 2-0 (retired) to berth in the semi-finals.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the players, who came from 39 countries of the world, are fighting for ranking points and the 50, 000 dollars prize money in the men and women’s events.
The grand finale of the second leg will hold on Oct. 22, with the Gov. Ambode Akinwunmi of Lagos State present. (NAN)
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(Edited by Edwin Nwachukwu/Peter Ejiofor)