46th CBN Senior Tennis: Top stars begin title chase today

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With the draws chat of the 46th edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) annual Senior Tennis championship released on Sunday, action will begin today in the men’s and women’s singles categories of tournament serving off at the tennis courts of the package “B” of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, FCT Abuja, while the doubles events will commence on Tuesday at the same venue.

The men’s singles will feature round of 64 while the women’s singles is round of 32.

The men and women’s doubles will be decided in the round of 16 and same round of 16 applies to the wheelchair category.

Some of the top players expected in action are Sylvester Emmanuel, Imeh Joseph, Aanu Aiyegbusi, Oyinlomo Quadri and the women’s singles defending Champion, Mary-Love Edward among others.

Acting Director Corporate Communications of CBN, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, reaffirmed the apex bank’s continued support for the championship.

The tournament, which started with the qualifiers one Friday July 18, will end on Saturday July 26.

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