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Paul Erewuba
CBN Tennis women top seed and defending Champion, Oyinlomo Quadri, yesterday, proved that she is not in a hurry to lay down her title, when she beat former two-time champion, Sarah Adegoke, 6-4, 6-2 in one of the semi-final matches of the women’s singles category to cruise into the final.
Wild card entrant and US based Marylove Edwards, proved bookmakers wrong when she retired seed 8, Osariemen Airhunmwunde 3-0 in the first set of their best of three sets encounter to come face to face with the defending champion, Oyinlomo Quardri..
It was also an action packed semi-finals in the men’s singles category where Nonso Madueke, relied on experience to survive the stiff challenge of seed 7, Musa Mohammed, whom he defeated 6-4, 6-2.
Mohammed had, on Thursday, humbled the men’s singles top seed and defending champion, Emmanuel Sylvester, in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, last year’s semi-finalist and tournament seed 2, Joseph Imeh, came from a set down to beat seed 6, Uche Oparaoji, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the second semi-finals to set up a final clash with Nonso Madueke tomorrow.
