The duo are participating in the 4th VEMP National Open Tennis championship at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
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The first leg (Futures 4) promises to be real battles for Nigerian players as more of the local players fought their ways from the qualifying series to the Main Draws.
Boy Westerhof from The Netherlands defeated Joseph Imeh Ubon in straight set of 6-36-2, while top seed from Spain, Enrique Lopez-Perez, beat Sylvester Emmanuel on another straight set of 6-4,6-4.
In the women’s singles, top seed, Greek Valetini Grammatikopoulou, will play against Fanny Ostlund from Sweden, runner up in the first leg final, Conny Perrin faces Alexandra Riley, Rosalie Van Der Hoek of The Netherlands will battle Andrianjaftrimo Tessah from France
Though he fought a good fight, he lost to Maciej Smola of Poland in 7-5,4-6,6-3 game. Christopher Bulus also lost to Sasi Kumar Mukund of India 6-0,6-2.
An elated Enosoregbe, a gold medallist at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, stated that he was glad winning and hoped to win his way to the final
He said: “The Polish guy was so tough. It is not easy playing him, especially being the number 8 seed of the tournament. I think I was able to beat him because I trained hard for the Governor’s Cup in Benin with my younger brother. As I look forward to my next match, I will keep calm, having at the back of my mind that I must win to keep the flag of Nigeria flying
Clifford Enosoregbe opened the doors for some Nigerian players who picked the second round slots in the first match decided on the Centre Court of the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, when he defeated Delmas N’Tcha of Benin Republic in straight set of 6-3,6-2