All is now set for the grand finale of the 47th Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Open Senior Tennis Championship holding at the tennis courts of the package “B” of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
With the men completely separated from the boys, the men’s singles defending champion and championship seed 3, Michael Emmanuel, who played himself into the final for the second consecutive time will face Nigeria’s current no 1 and tournament top seed, Abua Cannice in the men’s final while women’s seed 5, Bassey Etoro and seed 6, Ogunjobi Success will battle it out in the women’s final.
To get to the final, Bassey defeated Emmanuel-Essien Bright 2-1 ( 6-0, 1-6, 6-4 ) while Ogunjobi, sent ladies top seed, Mohammed Khadijat packing by beating her 2-1 ( 6-4,4-6, 6-1 ).
Playing in the men’s singles semi-finals, top seed, Abua, who is eyeing his first CBN Senior Tennis Trophy, out- stroked seed 8, Abubakar, in two straight sets, 6-3, 6-4 while the defending champion, Michael, who is playing his second CBN Senior Tennis final back-to-back, beat Jimoh Joseph, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to come face to face with with Abua.
