Tennis: Ekpenyong battles Jovic for J100 title

By Daily Sports Nigeria on October 21, 2023

Nigeria’s top ranked male tennis player, David Ekpenyong, will face Nikola Jovic in the final of the J100 event in Accra, Ghana on Saturday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

Ekpenyong, 17, was outstanding in the semi-final match against Carel Ngounoue from USA, defeating the American in two straight sets of 6-4, 6-4.

It’s the second consecutive final for Ekpenyong who was a runner-up in last week’s event losing in two straight sets 6-1, 6-2 to the Serbian. Ekpenyong had earlier defeated Jovic 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the J60 event in Accra on October 7.

Jovic, who is the tournament’s number two seed defeated Ekpenyong’s countryman Daniel Adeleye in two gruesome sets of 7-5, 6-3 to reach his second consecutive J100 event final and with the hope of winning it back-to-back at the expense of Ekpenyong.

His triumph dashed the dreams of a first-ever all-Nigeria finale at the J100 event, with Adeleye coming short despite fighting so hard.

Nigerian tennis enthusiasts will expect Ekpenyong to come clutch when he comes up against Jovic for the third consecutive week.

In their two previous meetings both players have recorded one win each, the Nigerian Davis Cup player won the J60 event while his Serbian opponent took the J100.

Ekpenyong will aim to win the J100 event in Accra to boost his chances of being ranked among the top 200 players in the world in October.

Our correspondent learnt that the youngster, who was a losing finalist at the J100 event in Quebec, Canada, is currently ranked 257 in the world, and is just some points shy of bursting into the top 200 in the world.

 

 

Source Punch Ng

Posted October 21, 2023


 

You may also like...
Ranieri happy to see fighting Leicester spirit return...

Atletico fired into third

Delta Football Association holds elective congress June 13,...

Four Nigerians for 2017 ITTF World Tour Hungarian...

Mikel Guides Stoke City Back To Winning Ways...

Giant Killer Djokovic Goes For Another Record In...

 

Latest News CAF awards: Ajibade, Nnadozie, Edo Queens bag nominations Lagos SWAN, PAACC Hold SWAN Day At Golfview Hotels, Ikeja Crisis looms as Eagles’ form raises AFCON, W’Cup concerns Ex-Nigerian Super Falcons player handcuffed, children assaulted as police storm Anambra Football Academy Sports NFF, teammates console Nwabali on father’s death Abia Govt hails Nigeria Olympic Committee over staging an admin course in Umuahia Libya deliver Eagles 2025 AFCON ticket Eagles battle Cheetahs for 2025 AFCON ticket Yellow Greens gear up for T20 W’Cup qualifiers Tyson tips Fury to beat Joshua Sadiq absent as 22 Eagles train in Abidjan Eagles’ striking trio hot for Cheetahs, Amavubi clashes

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,163 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,307 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,370 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,015 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (43,948 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,904 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,742 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,311 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,366 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,054 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,506 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,931 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media