The 7th edition of the annual Azimuth Shipping Lines Junior tennis Championships serves off on Monday (January 13th) at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Courts, Race Course, Onikan, Lagos.
Young boys and girls will compete in various categories of the U-12, U-14 and U-16 levels in the next one week in an attempt to clinch laurels in the developmental event.
The young smashers outside Lagos arrived for competition only on Saturday as administrative and technical officials of the tournament put final torches on the preparation for the event.
On Sunday (yesterday) at the LLTC, venue of the events over 100 participants from various parts of the country were screened to further demonstrate the desire of the organisers to curb age cheats and ensure a true winner emerges in all the cadres of the competition.
Preliminaries of the event starts early on Monday in the tennis courts of the LLTC as the young players try to navigate their ways into the crucial stages of the competition.
Captain Stephen Owolabi Martins MD/ CEO of Azimuth Shipping Lines, the sponsors, said he was expecting a highly thrilling event.
“Youths are full of energy and because they are the leaders of tomorrow, events like this are important. We expect the best from these players and we are happy to create this platform for them,” he said.
This event is an early showcase for the LLTC members in the New Year 2025 with the expectation that the age grade event will entertain the members of the elite club.
The 7th Azimuth Shipping Lines Junior Tennis Championships ends on Saturday January 18th.
