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Moses, Melissa are CBN tennis champions


Moses Michael and Melissa Ifidzhen, Saturday emerged men’s and women’s singles champions of the 38th Central Bank of Nigeria Open Tennis Championship in Lagos.
Moses got a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 win over Sylvester Emmanuel for his first title at the event while Melissa successfully defended her crown with a 6-3, 6-2 win over top seed Christy Agugbom, the same player she defeated in last year’s final.
“The last Tombim and Dayak ITF Futures really helped me because it keeps me in good shape and it showed in the way I played in this tournament,” said Michael, who was beaten in last year’s final by Thomas Otu.
Russia-based Melissa said she looks forward to dominating the CBN championship for more years to come.
“I came for this tournament from Egypt and my only intention was to win like I did last year and I’m happy I achieved my goal. Next year I will aim to do the same,” she said.
Both winners pocketed N700, 000 each while the finalists got N500, 000 each
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele said the standard of the tournament showed that the future of Nigerian tennis remained high.
Emefiele, who was represented by the CBN Director in charge of Capacity Development, Mrs Victoria Chizoba appealed to corporate bodies and stakeholders to pool efforts at raising the profile of tennis in Nigeria.

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