Minister promises support for Sapetro Futures Tennis stars, Ogunsakin | The Guardian Nigeria News

Sports Minister, Sunday Dare (right) and Girls 16 winner, Ohunene Yakubu, who was also selected as the best player in the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championship (girls)… yesterday

Enthusiastic about the performance of country junior stars at the Sapetro Futures Tennis Championships, Sports Minister Sunday Dare has promised to put Yakubu sisters on the sponsorship list of Oiza and Ohunenen and Marylove Edwards ministries Oy and also contact Oyo and Ekiti states Ogunsakin (Ekiti) foreign tennis academies.

Edwards (16) and Oiza (16) are already No. 2 and No. 5 seniors and have been barred from playing in the ITA Junior Tennis Circuit.

Dare, who saw Ohunenen (13) as winning 14-year-old Success Ogunjob’s strong effort to win Girls 16s 9-2, praised the collaboration between sponsors, Sapetro and the International Tennis Academy (ITA) and added, sponsorship, if it continues, will have a huge impact the development of tennis in Nigeria.

Senet Daisy Danjuma, Vice President of Sapetro, represented by GM Finance, Amos Garga, immediately granted the ministers ’wish. EVC expressed to Sapetros the joy of the players ’performance and the organization of the ITA’s weekly event and promised that the company would continue to sponsor.

Former Foreign and Oil Minister Odein Ajumogobi was also present as a guest of honor.

I enjoyed the matches thoroughly, he said and added: I am amazed at the skill level of these young players. I am sure that if we find a way to send the top ten to foreign academies, Nigeria will have a significant impact on the tennis world in the near future.

Seun Ogunsakin had also turned his match against Damilare Awea from Oyo State into a 14-year-old boys show for his awesome talent as he completely surpassed his opponent 9-0, while Mubarak (14) promoted to play 16-year-olds, meeting the organizers ’expectations. defeating his senior opponent Basit Ajaon from Lagos 9-6.

In other finals, Abuja Khadijat Mohammed defeated Benue Mary Iorlumun 9-1 to beat the girls 14s; Ndidi Osaji (Lagos) defeated Vanessa Inyang (Lagos) 9-7 in the girls 12s; Onyekachi from Ogumjiofor Oyo defeated Seyi Ogunsakin (Ekiti) 9-3 in the 12-year-old boys and Murewa Egbeyemi from Lagos continued to dominate his rising rival Malcolm Osaji, also from Lagos, and won 9-4 in the boys ’10th century tournament.

The Sapetro Futures Championship is now part of the ITA Junior Tennis Circuit, which provides a platform for juniors from around the country to showcase their talent.