Over 120 players are expected to participate a the inaugural National Wheelchair Tennis National Ranking Tournament scheduled to hold from November 30- December 3 in Lagos.
Nigeria Wheelchair Tennis scribe, Wosilat Aliu-Abass, informed that entries are still being expected from states who have all been sent letters for the championship.
She added that Wheelchair Tennis Nigeria, which is a division under the Nigeria Tennis Federation, is expecting a massive participation due to the fact that the tournament offers opportunities for players to occupy good position which would in turn help them in selection for national assignments.
Nigeria wheelchair tennis coach, Frank Tarmena stressed that the tournament will help in discovery of new
players for the national team while also enhance competitions among the players.
He stressed that the tournament would also afford players that have been deprived of featuring in tournaments like the Central Bank of Nigeria Open which is invitational to have chance of participation.
‘’Since the last three years, it has always been the same set of 16 players that have been featuring in the CBN Open due to the fact that the ranking has always been about the same set of players but this time around, new players have the chance to break into the top 16 which will pave the way for them to also feature in CBN and any other tournaments,’’ he said.
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