The 2017 NCC Tennis League will kick-off Thursday, July 27, 2017 at
the National Stadium Surulere, with a playoff involving three teams
vying to take the 12th spot in the main event. The play-offs will last
three days.
The three teams are Team Anambra (Onitsha), Team Oluyole (Ibadan) and
Team Police College (Ikeja). These teams dropped into the play-off
event based on their collective team ranking. The Tennis League has a
cap of 12 teams.
According to the International Tennis Academy (ITA) – NCC’s
organising partners for the League – the matches will be reduced to five
matches to enable each tie to finish in one day. The matches to decide
each tie are: two men’s singles, one ladies’ singles, one men’s doubles
and one mixed doubles.
“We are expecting some very exciting matches as the teams are
featuring some very good national and intermediate players.” A statement
from the ITA said.
The NCC Tennis League is the first of its kind in Africa. This year,
the League is offering consolidated prizes worth N23 million.
The main event will start next weekend with an opening match between
star-studded Team Civil Defence featuring Abdulmumuni Babalola, Clifford
Enosoregbe and Christie Agugbom; and newcomers Team Muller which has
CBN Senior Championship finalist Joseph Imeh, Emma Idoko and Ronke
Akingbade on their list.
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