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The Nigerian Tennis Federation (NTF) has approved November 10 to 18 to stage the 36th edition of the Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship. The event will be held at the Kano Tennis Club, Kano State.
The Director of the tournament, Dr. Yusuf Datti, announced this.
Dr. Datti said they sought the advice of the Nigerian Tennis Federation to invite the top 20 men and 10 ladies ranked players into the main draw of the event. The Director.
According to him, no fewer than 100 players from home and abroad would be expected to attend the tournament. He said the preliminaries would hold between Nov 10 and 12 while the main draw would commence Nov. 13.
He said that the organising committee was set to provide accommodation and feeding to both National officials and players.
Datti explained that at the end of the tournament the men’s winner would pocket a million Naira while in the ladies category the winner would take home N500, 000.
He enumerated some of the sponsors of the tournament to include Dr. Aliko Dangote, First Bank, Fidelity Bank, Wacot Limited, Makaman Bichi and Alhaji Isyaku Umar Tofa.
