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At
centre court of the 10th edition of the Governor’s Cup on Tuesday, Boy
Westerhof of the Netherlands had a tough time shaking off his tireless
opponent, Sunday Emmanuel of Nigeria.

In a thrilling
encounter that lasted over two hours, Emmanuel, who won this year’s
edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) tennis Open, followed
Westerhof point for point. The game, which was won in two sets was not
easy for Westerhof, a finalist at the last edition of the championship,
as Emmanuel gave him no breathing space.

Westerhof started
the game grabbing the first point but that advantage vanished into thin
air when Emmanuel’s persistance started to pay off. By the time the
first set was in a tie 5-5, Westerhof had started showing signs of
frustration but was later to compose himself and win the set 7-6.

A similar scenario
played out in the second set, Westerhof leading with Emmanuel
relentless in closing the gap between them. The set was however closed
with Westerhof winning 6-4.

Commenting on his loss, Emmanuel shrugged it off as one of those things.

“He is a good
player and I tried so much to at least catch up with him but he was as
determined to win. It would have been great if I won but I did not. All
the same, I congratulate him on his victory”.

Women crash out

The first game of
the women’s category played at the centre court between Gail Brodsky of
the United States of America and Agnes Szatmari of Russia was a
relatively easy one for the American. She defeated her opponent in
straight sets of 6-3, 6-4.

In the matches
decided earlier in the day, all the Nigerian ladies who played, fared
badly with all of them crashing out of the championship.

Ekanem Etim was booted out by Raven Klaasen 6-0, 7-6; Ranjeet
Virali-Murugesan of India defeated Bolaji Olawepo 6-1, 6-1; while Anna
Brazhinikova of Sweden thrashed Ronke Akingbade 6-3, 6-1 victory.