Nigerian-born French citizen, Calvin Hemery, on Saturday in Abuja beat Diaz Figueroa of Guatemala 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 to win the GSL Tennis Open.<\/p>\n
Hemery, who was the tournament\u2019s number one seed, had a very tough time in beating Figueroa, who displayed superb smashes in the first set which he won 6-7.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian-French player however dominated the Guatemalan in both the second and third sets to coast home to victory.<\/p>\n
Both players had met in the Dayak Tennis Open which saw Hemery stunning Figueroa 7-6, 6-7, 6-2.<\/p>\n
In his remarks, Hemery, who dedicated his victory to God, said it was a fruit of ceaseless hard work.<\/p>\n
Also speaking, the immediate-past President of Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), Sani Ndanusa, thanked the sponsors of the tournament for making Nigeria proud.<\/p>\n
Ndanusa, who described the tournament a \u2018\u2019huge success\u2019\u2019, said it was an advantage to Nigeria.<\/p>\n
He said that the tournament\u2019s success was as a result of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) aimed at promoting tennis in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigerian-born French citizen, Calvin Hemery, on Saturday in Abuja beat Diaz Figueroa of Guatemala 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 to win the GSL Tennis Open. Hemery, who was the tournament\u2019s number one seed, had a very tough time in beating Figueroa, who displayed superb smashes in the first set which he won 6-7. The Nigerian-French player however […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"\n