Nigeria secured qualification for the African Junior Tennis Championship slated for September in Casablanca, Morocco as the 1st ITF/CAT West and Central African Teams Championships ended yesterday in Lagos. It was, however, a different story for the Nigerian boys' team featuring Gabriel Inyang, David Ekpeyong and Fortune Joseph as they lost 3-0 to Togo to miss out of the train to the North African country. Ghana finished top of the boys' standing with Togo ending as runners up. Nigeria's coach, Mohammed Ubale expressed satisfaction over the performance of the Nigerian teams despite failing to meet the target of securing qualification of both teams. We equally had injury troubles particularly the one sustained by Reya Holmes, who had gone on preparation for the championship in London."

Source: The North Africa Journal April 28, 2017 00:11 UTC