Chris Bulus from Lagos and Timipre Maxwell from the Port Harcourt based Kodian Tennis Foundation Saturday in Lagos won the coveted most outstanding players awards for the boys and girls categories respectively of the 2015 CBN Junior Tennis Championship.
Bulus, 16, who played in the Boys-16s and 18s (because of the policy of the organisers to allow the top four seeds in a lower age group play up one age category) lost in the semi finals of the 16s but recovered to reach the Boys-18s final where he lost to Martins Abamu also from Lagos.
Maxwell moved up to the Girls-12 this year and won the event beating Iye Onoja from Kaduna. She also reached the Girls-14 final where she lost to talented Marylove Edwards.
Edwards also featured in the girls 16 finals losing to another junior talent Angel Mcleod while Onoja won the Girls-10 title beating Serena Teluwo from Lagos.
In the other boys’ events, Austen Stephen from Lagos upset Chris Itodo from Kaduna in the Boys-16s final to win his first junior title. Gabriel Friday from Kaduna pulled one back for his team by overcoming a hard fighting Mathew Abamu in the Boys-14.
Kodian Tennis Foundation got their second title through David Dawariye who beat Usman Kushimo from Abeokuta in the Boys-12 category. The Boys-10 title was won by Daniel Adeleye from Ekiti who beat Fortune Joseph from Lagos.
