SUNDAY AKINTOYE
Fans coming to the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, TBS, Onikan are no only going to watch and enjoy exciting tennis action from players featuring in the 2018 Lagos Open Tennis Championship, but they are to go home with various set of gifts.
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the competition said one of the gifts is Hammock Bed courtesy of Logo Shawarma, a partner of the Lagos Open Tennis.
According to the Tournament Director, Prince Wale Oladunjoye,, Hammock Bed will be on offer through Raffle Draws to VIP ticket holders only.
“Only VIP ticket holders present at the club premises during the draws are entitled to collect prizes. Other items to be won include gift packs and X-Pression Hair Products. These will be all categories of ticket holder,” he said.
The draws will be held on Saturday, 13 October during the closing ceremony where Governor of :Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and other personalities will be in attendance.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Barakat Oyinlomo failed to make it past the first round of the main draws in the second leg of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) approved competition as she was stopped in her match played on Monday. She was beaten in straight set of 0-6,3-6. Oyinlomo made it to the second round in the first leg last week.
Some of First Round Results for Monday
Clothilde DE BERNARDI (FRA) 6-0 6-2 Estelle CASCINO (FRA)
Noa LIAUW A FONG (NED) 6-0 6-2 Alexandra RILEY (USA)
Riya BHATIA (IND) 6-2 7-6(4) Claudia COPPOLA (ITA)
Anna SISKOVA (CZE) 6-0 6-3 Barakat Oyinlomo QUADRE (NGR)
Zoe KRUGER (RSA) 6-4 6-4 Kajsa RINALDO PERSSON (SWE)
Jasmin JEBAWY (GER) 6-4 1-0 Retired Rosalie VAN DER HOEK (NED)
Mihaela DJAKOVIC (SRB) 4-6 6-2 6-4 Merel HOEDT (NED)
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