A heavy downpour washed off all but three matches on
the opening day schedule on Tuesday in the CBN Junior Tennis Championship in
Lagos, Extrasportnigeria.wordpress.com reports. Despite the disruption caused
by the rain, organisers say the preliminary and group stages will be completed
in good time for the semi-finals and finals planned for Friday and Saturday.
In one of the three matches completed, Barakat Ganiyu
from Oyo State beat Whitney Orimoleye 9-2 while Ghazal Ashim, the Number 2 seed
in the Boys 12 also from Oyo State defeated Benedict Ajayi 9-1.
In a match that turned out to be the highlight of the
day, Abdulmalik Salau of Lagos outlasted Muazam Yusuf from Kano 9-8 in a Boys
12 match.
The tournament which has attracted the best players
from all over the country is featuring competitions in boys and girls 12s, 14s
and 16s and has been the major cornerstone of the development of tennis in
Nigeria.
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