President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Engr. Ishaku Tikon has been elected into the board of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation (CTTF).
The 2019 Nigeria Tennis season will get underway proper in May when the first National Open championship holds.
Women’s tennis player Mary Michael has told brila.net that she is back in practice working to improve on several aspects of her game that proved to be crucial last season.
The Nigeria Tennis season will soon get underway and women’s number player Samuel Blessing says she intends to double the effort in practice as she expects the competition for the top spot to be even tougher in 2019.
Blessing picked up almost every major championship last year, knocking Sarah Adegoke off the top spot in the year-end rankings by the Nigeria Tennis Federation.
Speaking on her plans for the new season, the Tennis star told brila.net that she knows “the target will be on me now”.
She reiterated the need for more hard work this season and keeping a focused mind like she did for the most part in 2018.
Nigeria Tennis Federation is committed to ensuring coaches in the Country are brought up to speed with the most effective and efficient methods to get the best out of players, its Technical Director Rotimi Akinloye has told brila.net.
Nigeria Tennis Federation President has expressed confidence that 2019 will see the continue improvement made in the sport last year.
Five-time African champion and Nigeria’s most revered Tennis player Segun Toriola has decried the poor state of Women Table Tennis players in the Country.
The Commonwealth Games gold medalist Toriola was extremely happy his compatriot Aruna Quadri claimed the 2018 Nigeria Open but he is worried about the future of the country’s female players.
The five-time African champion said Quadri’s success in the ITTF Challenger on Sunday underlined the potential of Nigerian players but efforts were not enough to sustain the progress of the ping pongers.
He said it was sad that women players were not progressing at the same pace as their male counterparts. He said the problem was not as a result of lack of talents but due to the shortcomings of the authorities.
He said one of the biggest problems affecting Nigerian players especially the ladies was lack of good coaches.
He said the ministry of sports through the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation must invest on coaching.
