CBN tennis: Emmanuel, Sylvester in quarter-final clash
Sunday Emmanuel will on Thursday face
tournament third seed, Sylvester Emmanuel, in one of the quarter-final
matches of the Central Bank of Nigeria Senior Tennis Tournament holding
at tennis courts of the National Stadium, Lagos while number two seed,
Moses Michael will be up against Shehu Lawal, seeded 8 in the
championship.
On Wednesday, Abdulmumuni Babalola beat John Otu.
Emmanuel defeated Monday Igbinovia 6-1, 6-2 to get to this stage while Shehu Lawal outstroke Owolabi Jinadu 6-3, 6-2.
In the women’s category, top seed
Christy Agugbom will be slugging it out with seventh seed, Ronke
Akingbade while the defending champion, Ifidzen Melissa will face
Patience Onebamhoin as number 3, Aanu Aiyegbusi, engages Blessing
Samuel.
Odeyemi Fortune who defeated Rose Abu 3-6, 7-6, will face Christy Nwankwo, who gained a walk-over against Sarah Adegoke.
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