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2025 CBN Junior Tennis: Issah Yahaya, extends dominance in U-14 category

Posted : 05 May 2025

Nigeria's rave of the moment and tennis prodigy, Issah Yahaya, has once again stamped his authority as the next big personality in Nigeria's tennis circle, as he won the U-14 category of the 2025 CBN Junior Tennis Championship held at the Lagos Tennis Club, Onikan, Lagos.


Yahaya easily dispatched his opponent, Lagos boy Michael Joel, 6-0, 0-6, 10-5 in the boys' final.


In the boys' U-12 category, Ogoniba Excellency from Bayelsa State defeated Ogungbe Emmanuel from Ogun State, 6-3, 6-4, while Opuene Karina defeated Rasaki Mabubat 3-6, 7-5, 10-9 to lift the girls' U-12 trophy.


In the U-14 girls' category, it was a remarkable journey for the top seed and defending champion, Mofi Atilola from Mainland Tennis Club, Lagos, who outplayed Godwin Success, sending her packing with a straight-set victory of 6-1, 6-4 to retain her trophy.


Atilola blazed through the game with a 5-0 lead in the first set before her opponent, Godwin Success, pulled a game back to make it 5-1. Mofi then wrapped it up at 6-1.


The second set followed a similar pattern to the first, with Mofi unleashing wonderful backhand return strokes that left her opponent more confused, leading the set 4-0. However, Success seemed to have rediscovered her rhythm, tying the set at 4-4.


But that was as far as she could go, as Mofi decided to end the game quickly by taking the remaining points to seal the match at 6-4.


Mofi, as she is fondly called, also featured in the girls' 16 final, having been granted a wild card to play in the girls' 16 category. There, she created a major upset by defeating the top seed and defending champion, Gloria Samuel, 6-1, 6-4 in one of the semi-final matches on Friday, making it double finals for herself.

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