Unseeded Nigeria’s Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre was the hero of the day at the ongoing Lagos Open Tennis tournament at the Lagos Lawn Tennis court after the brilliant win against number eight seed, Serbian Curovic Tamara who could not continue the second-round match in the second set.
Against the form book, the Nigerian with full support from the stand was in her best performance as she dominated play before Tamara signalled to the referee that she could not continue the match, Qaudre had already won the first set 6-2. The highly-rated Tamara complained of fever thus made the match to be called off and the Nigerian land in the next round which will continue this morning at the same venue.
”It’s amazing winning this match and qualified for my first-ever quarter-final of the Lagos Open Tennis. It’s like a dream come true for me because, before this competition, I had it at the back of my mind that I want to get to at least the quarter-final stage of this year tournament. I was a set away from achieving this last week during the first leg as I lost my second-round match in the third set. Though disappointing, I had to brace up for the challenges ahead…” Read more
