By Daily Sports Nigeria on June 22, 2022
Iconic former national tennis champion, Abdulmumuni Babaola, winner of over 15 singles and doubles titles, yesterday, in Lagos, introduced his daughter, Blessing, 10, to her first tennis competition.
Blessing, whose birthday fell on her debut, did not get the birthday present she had wished for as she got upstaged by a more steady opponent, Rose Nana, from Lagos 9-2.
The result did not matter to her father, who hugged her and encouraged her to take the defeat as a challenge to work harder.
“This is a first step in a long journey to stardom,” Babalola, winner of six CBN Open Senior Singles and 12 doubles titles, said.
He added: “She will have all the advise, training and resources I did not have and hopefully, she will go further than I did to become a successful professional tennis player,” the Ibadan-based ex-champion said.
In other matches in the Girls 10, Joy Emmanuel beat Teniola Adebayo 9-0, while Mabubat Rasaq beat Gertrude Holzenhoff 9-3.
In the Girls’ 12, Lorelay Holzendoff gave her doting mum, Patience from Benin, something to cheer as she made up for Gertrude’s loss by beating Sarah Adisa from Ekiti 9-0.
The weeklong tournament is programmed to end on Saturday.
Source The Guardian Nigeria
Posted June 22, 2022
You may also like...
About 70 athletes warm up for Access Bank/Lagos...
Ibrahimovic Recovers From Coronavirus In Time For Milan...
Usain Bolt makes football debut
Klopp Warns Reds To Prepare For ‘Special’ Leeds...
Hamilton Takes Record Sixth British GP Win
Fury-Joshua Close To Deal, Fury Promoter Says
Eaglets face old foes B’Faso in WAFU U-17 opener
_3.jpg)
Injured Osimhen out of Fiorentina tie, doubtful for W’Cup qualifiers
Boniface credits fans after Bundesliga Rookie award
Anambra, Kebbi Win as 2nd Round Beach Soccer League Gets Underway In Anambra
.jpg)
Amusan, Harrison renew rivalry at adidas Atlanta City Games Saturday
Team Effort: Nnadozie credits teammates with best keeper award
Golf: Battle for Nigeria’s No.1 intensifies at eTranzact Classic
Aruna downs Egyptian foe to reclaim ITTF Africa Cup
SESC leadership Crisis : Dagana Optimistic Of Favourable Court Judgment
Animoke, ‘Mighty Fancy’ Unveils Plan For Wrestling As Association Chairman In Anambra
Lagos SWAN Commiserates With Bishop Wale Oke Over Mother's Death
MEET FINIDI’S ASSISTANTS
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (53,852 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (44,848 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (43,006 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (42,659 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (42,440 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (42,329 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (42,226 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (41,698 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (40,704 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (39,714 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (38,076 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (37,648 views)