As the 16th
Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship gets closer, the International Tennis
Federation, ITF, has fixed September 22 as registration deadline for the first
leg (Futures 5) of the tournament which holds at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club,
Onikan.
The ITF on its
website said players willing to take part in the competition should register by
14:00GMT on September 22. Also, any of the registered players willing to
withdraw from the tournament can do so by 14:00GMT of September 27.
The qualifying
matches will be played between October 8 and 9, while the main draws for the
singles and doubles events, for both men and women’s categories, will be played
between October 10 and 14.
This year,
players will be jostling for a total prize money of $100,000 dollars, a $20,000
increase from the $80,000 earned by winners of previous editions.
Meanwhile,
preparation for a hitch free tournament is ongoing. The chairman of the Local
Organising Committee, LOC, Pius Akinyelure, said the city of Lagos is eagerly
awaiting to host the emerging tennis stars coming from different countries of
the world.
The President
of Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Rotimi Edu, said the facilities in the oldest tennis
club in Nigeria have been improved upon. He added that the club will wear a
new-look when the competition starts.
The Governor’s
Cup Lagos Tennis Championship has been organised annually to celebrate the
sitting governor in Lagos State since the administration of Bola Tinubu. This
year’s edition will be the second under the government of Akinwunmi Ambode.
It has over
the years attracted over 400 players from more than 50 countries of the world
at every edition.
It
was17-year-old French lady, Tessah Andrianjaftrimo and Aldin Setkic of Bosnia
who respectively won the women and men’s singles of the first leg of 15th
edition held in 2015.
On the other
hand, Dutchman Antal Van Der Duim and Conny Perrin of Switzerland respectively
won the men and women’s singles of the second leg.
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