One of the cities that exposed Nigeria as an economic power nation to the world in the early 19th century is Sapele. This is as a result of its finest timber produce in the erstwhile African Timber and Plywood (AT&P) company situated in the town. The large number of AT&P’s workers made Sapele a melting…

Rafael Nadal said Saturday that the ATP should have more say over the seedings at Wimbledon with the two-time champion, who was relegated a spot for this year's tournament, describing the system as "unfair." The 33-year-old, who moved to within two of Roger Federer's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs with his 12th French Open earlier…

Roger Federer will head to Wimbledon in high spirits after waltzing past Belgium's David Goffin in straight sets to win a record-extending 10th title at the ATP event in Halle on Sunday. Federer, 37, beat Goffin 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 to secure his 102nd career singles title and remain unbeaten on grass so far this season.…

Injury has taken its toll on the top seeds at the ongoing ITF World Tennis Tour (Tombim Open) holding at the Tennis Complex of Abuja National Stadium, with the tournament number one rated star, Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria, out of the first round. Also affected are fourth seeded Tom Jomby of France and wild card entrant,…

Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Marin Cilic 7/6 (5), 7/6 (1) in their ATP finals group qualifying match and thereby extended his career record to 6-1 over the Croatian. Marin Cilic won the toss and elected to serve. He reached 40-30 but was taken to deuce before holding the game. In the second game, Zverev…

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were split Friday over whether the season-ending ATP Finals should remain in London after 2020 as tennis chiefs consider where the event should be staged in future. The ATP, the governing body of men's professional tennis, announced in August the opening of an international tender process to determine the future…

The battle for world No 1 is going on at the Paris Masters as both Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray get their campaigns underway yesterday.