Team Nigeria at the West and Central Africa junior tennis tournament holing in Togo, Benin Republic have started in bright note. Ten out of the eleven starlets slugging it out at the tournament won their opening matches with Rotimi Adetunji the only player that lost the opening encounter.
Coach of the team, Ubale Mohammed who spoke from Togo said the player could still qualify for the knock out stage after Wednesday’s hostilities and result compilation. “Nigeria has started on bright note. Ten out of our eleven players in the championship won their matches yesterday, only Adetunji Rotimi failed to win. However, the player is playing round robin and still likely to qualify for the knock out stage after the series. On Wednesday we will look at the table to see who moves to the next round. By that Wednesday, we shall know those who will advance while others will also be confirmed out of the African tournament.”
Ubale said Joseph who is on scholarship in the International Tennis Federation training centre in South Africa was seeded number one in the boys singles and got a bye to automatically qualify to play in the second round.