Women’s Singles No. 1 seed at the ongoing 46th CBN Senior Tennis Championship, Khadijat Mohammed, yesterday defeated Mary Godwin 2-0 (6-1, 6-2) in their 3rd round game to advance to the quarter final stage of the tournament.
The brilliant Khadijat will now face Aina Goodnews that stopped Emmanuella Kevin-Bebe with a 2-0 win (6-0, 6-2) in another 3rd round match up.
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Also victorious is Rebecca Ekpeyong that ran home with a 2-0 ( 6-3 , 6-4 ) win over Patience Onebamhoin to move into the quarter finals of the women’s singles category.
Playing in the men’s singles category, top seed Adeleye Daniel had an easy ride over Endurance Ehigiemusoe who retired 4-1 in the first set.
Other quarter finalists include Oparaoji Uche that beat Ibrahim Suleiman 6-2, 6-3 and Lucky Danjuma who defeated Mohammed Andulsalam, 6-1, 6-1.
It was a narrow escape for Prosper Okonkwo who defeated Dahiru Mohammed 7-6 on 2, 7-6 on 1 hole Abubakar Yusuf beat Chima Michael 5-0 retired to book his quarter final ticket.