A Nigerian-Dubai-based Tennis Star, Samuel Omoile, on Tuesday said the country’s tennis players did not have the required competition to make them attend the highest competition, the Grand Slam.
Omoile made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos at the ongoing Sota Junior Tennis Championships.
Sota Junior Tennis Championship holding at the Tennis Court, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, is for U-10 to U-14 players.
The five-day competition has over 100 kids competing in various levels and will end on Saturday.
Omoile said Nigeria with the population of her youths up to 70 per cent could not be said to be lacking in numbers of those that could play tennis at its peak. Read more