2015 AJC: Nigeria qualify for doubles quarterfinals

The pair of Oyinlomo Quadri and Charity Patrick has qualified for the quarterfinals of the U-14 girls’ doubles at the 38th ITF/CAT African Junior Tennis Championship in Tunisia after defeating the pair of Evelyn Kwizora of Rwanda and Jackline Kayuga of Tanzania 6-0, 6-1 on Tuesday.

The Nigerians went into the match in contrasting mood with Qaudri advancing to the next round of the U-14 girls’ singles and Patrick just recovering from her defeat by Kermene Kpadonou of Benin Republic in the first round of the singles.

The pair was, however, able to put their acts together with an impressive display to set up a quarterfinal clash with Moroccan duo of Hiba El kalifi and Oumaima Aziz who were drawn bye.

But their feat could not be matched by Ayoola Micheal and Michael Oshewa as the boys went down 6-3, 7-5 to Algeria’s Mohamed Rahim and Youcef Rihane.

In some of the first round matches involving Nigerian players, Angel Macleod will battle number four seed, Zani Barnard of South Africa, while in the boys’ U-16, Martins Abamu will meet Mohamed Aziz Ouakaa of Tunisia.