The 6th edition of the Azimuth Shipping Lines Junior Tennis Championships starts today at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, Lagos.
A total of 230 junior players are expected to take part in the competition expected to be highly interesting in all the categories.
The youthful smashers are will compete in the Boys and Girls U-12,U-14 and U-16 categories with proceeding expected to be between 8am and 4.30pm.
The Managing Director of Azimuth Shipping Lines, sponsors of the meet, Stephen Owolabi Martins, said his company’s target was a ‘catch them young’ initiative expected to yield fruits for Nigeria in the years to come.
“Sports development is very important and that is why we enjoy seeing the young ones play. We are optimistic of a good event in the days ahead,” Martins said.
Tournament Director, Jumoke Yakubu, stated that registration has been very encouraging.
“We are going to have a draw of 32 or 64 depending on the total number of entries we have in each of the categories. The sponsors have put everything in place for the kids to have huge fun during the competition. We are hopefully going to have a great tournament and we will keep discovering and monitoring our new talents,” Yakubu said.
In the last edition of the tournament, Amasiani Chukwudubem emerged champions in the Boys 12 and Under category just as Holzendorff Lorelay won the U-14 Girls cadre.
The week long tournament ends on January 20th.
