The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) intends to camp 16 players for its preparations for the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast in Australia, according to reports. Ishaku Tikon, President of NTTF, said the players would be drawn from the ongoing National Open Championships in Lagos.
Aruna Quadri has set a new personal record for Nigeria and himself as the Nigerian is now ranked 21 in the end-of-the-year (ITTF) ranking released by the world table tennis ruling body. The ranking was released on Thursday by the world table tennis ruling body.
Tiger Woods will begin his latest comeback alongside Justin Thomas in the opening round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. According to Sky Sports, the tournament host has been paired with the reigning FedExCup champion at Albany for the elite 18-player tournament, which features eight of the world's top 10 players.
Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria was forced to make light of his work as he topped Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3,5-7, 5-7 in a gripping afternoon duel at the O2 Arena on Monday. Dimitrov held his nerve to launch his ATP Finals campaign with the hard fought victory as Rafael Nadal prepared to start his quest for the biggest title missing from his impressive collection.
Serena Williams can “absolutely’’ surpass Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles if the American returns to tennis after giving birth earlier this year, a women tennis legend says. Former world number one Steffi Graf said that her ability to do this will however be dependent upon her determination and will.
World No 1 Rafael Nadal had to withdraw from the Paris Masters with a knee injury just hours before he was due on court for the quarter-finals that now leaves his place in the ATP World Tour Finals uncertain. He told a news conference ahead of scheduled quarter-final match against Serbian Filip Krajinovic on Friday in the last eight this afternoon but withdrew from the tournament and is now a doubt for London.
