TENNIS

Nigeria and Africa’s number one female badminton player, Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan maintained her dominance of the domestic scene when she won the singles title at the Mutual Benefits National Championship held at the Mutual Benefit/Police College Badminton Complex in the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. Adesokan, who has held the title …

France-born Nigerian tennis prodigy, Calvin Hemery has emerged winner of the men’s title at the 2019 Lagos International Tennis Open, while Riya Bhatia of India took home the women’s singles, after both finals eventually held 24 hours after they had to be shifted due to heavy downpour. Hemery, who also …

Nigerian youngster, Emmanuel Jebutu, was the talk of the town following a 6-1,6-0 crushing of Bhanu Suthar of India as the qualifying round of the Lagos Open served off Monday. Making his debut at a senior international tournament, Jebutu was at his best form brushing side the Asian in less …

…Priyanka Chopra Jonas is showing Serena Williams some real love. The Isn’t It Romantic actress headed out to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday, alongside her mom, Madhu Chopra, to cheer on Serena during her milestone match against Qiang Wang during which the …

Fast and furious Serena Williams dropped just one game as she blew away China’s Wang Qiang 6-1 6-0. Wang, seeded 18th, did not manage to hit a single winner as she was taken apart in her first grand slam quarter-final. It was the American’s 100th career victory at the US …

The increasingly bolshie New York crowd treated Novak Djokovic to a round of boos last night as he withdrew from the US Open after two-and-a-bit sets of his fourth-round match against Stan Wawrinka. It was a strange way for Djokovic’s title defence to end. Admittedly, he had been out of …

Fast-rising table tennis youngster, Olajide Omotayo has admitted that winning gold in the men’s singles of this year’s Africa Games in Morocco is a huge boost to his career, especially as he beat three top players en route to achieving the feat. Omotayo acknowledged that it was not an easy …

Fast-rising table tennis youngster, Olajide Omotayo has admitted that winning gold in the men’s singles of this year’s Africa Games in Morocco is a huge boost to his career, especially as he beat three top players en route to achieving the feat. Omotayo acknowledged that it was not an easy …

American female tennis star, Serena Williams is singing praises for her Russian rival, Maria Sharapova, even after sending the fellow-veteran packing from this year’s US Open. The last time Serena played at Flushing Meadows was during her infamous meltdown during a loss in the final to Naomi Osaka last year, …

 Serena Williams Thrashes Maria Sharapova In First Round Of The US Open. Serena Williams: Too strong for Maria Sharapova Serena Williams once again thrashed Russia’s Maria Sharapova in the first round of the US Open, winning 6-1 6-1, in what was clearly a dominant display by the 23 Grand Slam …