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| Tennis Boss in Nigeria,Sani Ndanusa. |
The International
Tennis Federation (ITF),appear ready to reward Tennis sensation,Michael Osewa with an European Tour following his brilliant showings at
the recently concluded 39th African Junior Championships in
Pretoria, South Africa
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Despite Oseaw's inability to win Africa’s best
player in the Boys’ 14 & under category by losing to Damien Laporte of the
Seychelles in the final held at the ITF High Performance Centre in Pretoria, he
seems to have done enough to be among the few players that will be chosen
across all the continents by the world governing body of tennis for the tour.
Osewa’s silver medal outing was the best in Nigeria’s
history at the 25-nation event which is the biggest junior tennis in Africa.
Nigeria’s junior tennis head coach, Mohammed Ubale said on
the team’s arrival in Abuja on Sunday that the 14-year-old, alongside
Laporte, Ryan Randiek of Kenya Khololwalm Monsti of South Africa and a host of other players, will now be
upgraded to the 16&under category in next year’s edition having been
identified as one of Africa’s talented prospects in tennis.
“From all indications, Osewa should be among the players
that will be in the European Tour where players feature in junior tournaments
across five European countries namely England, France, Germany Belgium and
Holland. The players will be assembled for a week or two by the ITF before
embarking on the tour which could last for about two months,” said Ubale.
The European Tour is part of the ITF developmental programme
with players having the luxury of playing in the junior category of the French Open
and Wimbledon Open.
Nigeria’s Candy Idoko was selected for the tour in 2012
after placing joint-third in the same category in 2012 held in Gaborone,
Botswana but could not attend due to visa-related issues.
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