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AJC: Nigeria set to devour Ghana, CIV after crushing Togo, B’Faso

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TennisTeam Nigeria has vowed to extend its perfect record in the Team event at the 2023 African Junior Tennis Championship (AJC), which will end today in Lome, Togo.

The youngsters have been in blistering form all week dominating the team event with victory over the hosts, Togo, and Burkina Faso.Even though the U-16 girls and U-14 boys were disqualified for not featuring adequate number of players for the event, the U-16 boys and U-14 girls have been flying the country’s flag high in the team event.

The trio of Seun Ogunsakin, Mubarak Ganiyu and Yahaya Sani are set to ensure that Team Nigeria maintains her perfect record.In the same vein, the impressive trio of Khadijat Mohammed, Bright Emmanuel and Ndidi Osaji will ambush Ghana’s youngsters in the girls U-14 to their determination to make it three wins in the Team event.Already, Nigeria has won three of the four gold medals available in the singles event, and two in the doubles, bringing their medals haul to five gold.Ohunene Yakubu won gold in the girls’ U-16 event, beating Togo’s Anne-Marie Gnarou 6-0, 6-0.

Ekiti State-born Ogunsakin also grabbed a gold medal in the U-16 category, beating Togo’s Xavier Gakpo 6-3, 6-3 to complete a total dominance by the Nigerians, both boys and girls.

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