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| Nigera's junior Tennis coach Ubale Mohammed. |
Nigerian Tennis prodigy, Micheal Osewa has continued to hug the headlines with his impressive performance at
the current African cadet Championship in Pretoria, South Africa with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
triumph over Jason Espitalier of Mauritius to qualify for the semifinal of the 14 & under
of the 11-day event which will end on Saturday.
Osewa had on Monday caused the biggest shock of the
tournament which attracts about 120 players from 25 countries with a come-from-behind 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over number
one seed Younes Adnane of Morocco and, in
an identical fashion to his beating of the top seed, he added his opponent from
the Indian Ocean Island to his list of casualties in the quarterfinal clash at
the High Performance Centre of the University of Pretoria.
The knockout stage has been a complete turnaround for the
eighth-seeded Osewa, who started the tournament on a faltering note by losing
to Eliakin Coulibaly of Cote d'Ivoire in the preliminary stage.
However, with the likes of second seed Elyes Marouani of
Tunisia, Ahmed Atef of Egypt, who is the third seed and Khololwam Montsi, the
tenth seeded South African, who halted the incredible run of Nigeria’s Gabriel
Friday all still in the race for the title, Osewa still have to up his game if
he is to rule Africa.
Osewa is the only player left in contention for a title as
the likes of Friday, Christopher Itodo, Christopher Bulus, Adetayo Adetunji,
Angel McLeod, Barakat Qaudri and Marylove Edward have all exited from the
singles events.
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