Chevron Juniors

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Seun Ogunsakin, Nene Yakubu emerge victorious at Chevron Junior Tennis Championship

Seun Ogunsakin and Nene Yakubu, both from the South West, emerged victorious in the 12 & Under category at the Chevron Junior Tennis Championship final in Lagos today, while Daniel Adeleye and Rebecca Ekpeyong claimed the boys and girls 16 & under titles, respectively. Seun Ogunsakin, the top seed in the boys 12 category, rallied […]

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Seun Ogunsakin, David Ekpeyong ease into Chevron finals

Seun Ogunsakin came within one match-win of back-to-back Chevron Junior Tennis Championship boys 12 & under titles, following a 9-4 semifinal victory over Lucky Danjuma at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Onikan today. Ogunsakin, the top seed in the category, will take on Silas Isaac in Sunday’s final. Isaac was in brilliant form on […]

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Ekpeyong, Ogunshakin into semifinals of Chevron Junior C’ship

Rebecca Ekpeyong, David Ekpeyong, and Seun Ogunsakin are among players who are into the semifinals of the Chevron Junior Tennis Championship in Lagos. Round-robin action of the 19th edition of the Chevron Junior event concluded on Friday, with top seed in the boys 12 & under, Seun Ogunsakin beating Praise Ikeuba 9-2 in Group A. […]

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Action intensifies at the Chevron Junior Tennis Championship in Lagos

Round-robin play at the Chevron Junior Tennis Championship served off on Wednesday at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, and players have been knee-deep in action. The tournament, which is played in two age categories -12 & Under and 16 & Under- with four groups in each category, will have the top players in each […]

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Chevron Junior Tennis Championship set to serve off in Lagos

The Chevron Junior Tennis Championship will begin on Tuesday, 22 – 27 October at the Race Course, Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan. The tournament is a climax to the Chevron Junior Tennis Development Program which kicked off in Lagos in July and ended in Warri in August. The development program was run by Chevron Nigeria […]

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The 2019 Chevron Junior Tennis Championships in pictures

As the 18th edition of the Chevron Junior Tennis Championships concluded with the nation’s youngsters proving, with their spectacular performances, that the future of tennis in Nigeria is indeed bright, we take a look at some of the moments from the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, where the tournament held, in pictures. The tournament, which is […]

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Youngsters shine bright at Chevron Junior Tennis Championships in Lagos

The 18th edition Chevron Junior Tennis Championships came to a close on Sunday at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Onikan, with the youngsters of the 12 & 16 age groups showing glimpses of a potentially bright future. Top seed, David Dawariye from the South-South emerged winner of the Boys’ Under-16 category, having defeated Daniel […]

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Chevron Junior Tennis: Top seeds hold their ground, qualify for semis

David Dawariye and Daniel Adeleye, the top two seeds in the Boys 16 event at the Chevron Junior Invitational Masters, qualified for the semifinals on Friday, with a clean sweep of their three round-robin matches. Dawariye playing under the South-South banner capped a strong performance with a 9-0 drubbing of Confidence Igben from the Warri […]