The accreditation of journalists willing to cover the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour tagged Lagos Open begins on February 12. 2015.
According to the organisers, journalists are expected to forward their full names and medium to media@nttf.com.ng, while photojournalists are also expected to signify their designation.
The deadline has been fixed for February 21, while late submission will not be accepted after the deadline.
The organizers have also hiked the prize money from $39,000 (N7.8 million) to $46,000 (N9.2 million), while the events have been increased from four to six.
For this year’s tournament, players will compete in singles (men and women), doubles (men and women) as well as U-21 boys and girls.
The five-day competition will take place at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun in Lagos and it will serve off on March 10 to 14.
The ITTF ranking event will help players taking part amass points for their world rating in March.
According to the prospectus released by the ITTF, Egypt’s Nabil Almamoon and Algeria’s Mounir Bessah have been named the referee and competition manager respectively while Nigeria’s Lajide Oluranti is the tournament director.
More players from Africa and Europe have also signified their intention to be part of the championship, which has been entrenched in the ITTF calendar.