Women’s singles number one seed of the ongoing 46th CBN National Open Tennis Championship, Khadijat Mohammed yesterday defeated Marry Godwin 2-0 (6-1, 6-2) in their 3rd round game to advance to the quarter final stage.
Khadijat will face Aina Goodnews that stopped Emmanuella Kevin-Bebe with a 2-0 win of 6-0, 6-2 in their 3rd round match up.
Also victorious is Rebecca Ekpeyong that ran home with a 2-0 ( 6-3 , 6-4 ) win over Patience Onebamhoin to move into the quarter finals of the women’s singles category.
Playing in the men’s singles category, top seed, Adeleye Daniel had an easy ride over Endurance Ehigiemusoe who retired at 4-1 in the first set.
Other quarter finalists include Oparaoji Uche that beat Ibrahim Suleiman 6-2, 6-3 and Lucky Danjuma who defeated Mohammed Andulsalam, 6-1, 6-1.
It was a narrow escape for Prosper Okonkwo who defeated Dahiru Mohammed 7-6 on 2, 7-6 on 1 hole Abubakar Yusuf beat Chima Michael 5-0 retired to book his quarter final ticket.
