By Gbenga Sodeinde
The stage once again is set for another tennis championship in Ekiti state.
Come Thursday October 21, 2021, the Ekiti state Tennis Center will go agog as the Open Tennis Female Championship gets underway.
The three day event which is organised by Sebi Foundation in collaboration with Yetade Tennis Academy and the Nigeria Tennis Federation will feature female tennis players from across the state.
The newly elected International Representative on the Board of the Nigeria Tennis Federation, Mr Yemi Owoseni said the Open Female Tennis Championship is dedicated to the Girl Child with a view to helping them to showcase their sporting potentials.
He said Ekiti state has always had quite a lot of talented females starting from the days of former African number runner, Damola Oshayomi and Bukola Abogunloko among others adding that some rising female tennis players with great potentials are also being groomed.
Mr Owoseni urged added that the Open Female Tennis Championship was another way to key into the laudable efforts of the wife of Ekiti state governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi towards protecting and projecting the interest of the girl child.
