The Premier tennis tournament in Nigeria, the Governor’s Cup Lagos tennis has been rebranded to Lagos Open with a new green and yellow logo.
Announcing the 18th edition of the tennis tournament at a press brief in Lagos, the President of the Lagos lawn tennis club, Prince Gbenga Lufadeju said the Lagos Open, will begin on Saturday, September 29 to Sunday October 13, 2018 at the lawn tennis club, Onikan, Lagos. With the nine tennis courts within the 123 year-old club recently upgraded to an international standard, Lufadeju said tennis players from 40 countries including Nigeria are expected to participate at the tournament.
According to the Chairman of the local organising committee, Pius Akinyelure, a total prize money of $100,000 will be evenly shared among players who make it to the main draw. He explained that in the tournament, there will be two futures in four events, men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles and women’s doubles. Asides that, he said, juniors’ tournament will precede the futures.
Representing the Chairman, the deputy chairman, Engr Afolabi Salami said the Central Working Committee has started the process of catapulting the tournament to the Challenger circuit. In addition, he revealed that from 2020, the Futures Tour (Lagos Open) will no longer attract Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking points, rather, professional men’s tennis will begin at the Challenger level. – dailytrust
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