Madueke marches on at Dala
After
displacing the number one seed, Sunday Emmanuel, in the first round of
the ongoing Dala Hard court tennis tourney in Kano State, Nonso
Madueke, have secured a slot in the quarter finals of the event after
defeatind Ganiyu Salami in two sets, 6,3, 6,4 in one of yesterday’s
round two games.
Madueke will now
square up with Lawal Shehu who ousted Monday Igbinovia 6, 4, 6, 2 in
the today’s first quarter final match. Mohammed Ubale, National junior
tennis coach, described the upset recorded by Madueke as a welcome
development as it has put the other top players on their toes. “It is
always good to have upsets like this in tournaments, it makes the event
more interesting instead of seeing the same people winning and winning
always,” he said.
Others that have
also secured places in the quarter finals include the tournament’s
number two seed Candy Idoko, Kehinde Alade, Henry Atseye, Destiny
Da-Silva and Cliford Enosoregbe In the female category, there was
another upset as Biola Akewula beat Nosa Esorea 6,4, 6,3 to zoom into
Semi final while the number 1 seed Fatima Abinu thrash Aminat Quadri
6,2 6.1 to also a book her place in the last four.
The winner of the men single’s event will get N500,000 while the Ladies will get N250, 000 for their efforts.
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