[Meelis]

$25.000 Lagos (NGR)

12TH GOVERNOR'S CUP, LAGOS





Tournament Website: http://www.governorscuplagostennis.com

Surface: Hard - Outdoor

Last Years Winners

2004 ($25k) : (2)Sania Mirza (IND) d. (1)Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 46 76(3) 75
2005 ($25k) : (6)Anne Keothavong (GBR) d. (5)Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 63 76(7)
2006 ($25k) : (1)Magda Mihalache (ROU) d. (6)Agnes Szatmari (ROU) 61 36 64
2007 ($25k) : (1)Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. (6)Zuzana Kucova (SVK) 62 60
2008 ($25k) : (2)Zuzana Kucova (SVK) d. (1)Agnes Szatmari (ROU) 76(5) 46 63
2009 ($25k) : (1)Zuzana Kucova (SVK) d. (2)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 60 76(5)
2010 ($25k) : (2)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. (1)Zuzana Kucova (SVK) 75 61
2011 ($25k) : (3)Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) 64 75



2012 Draws

Singles Qualifying Draw

(1)Alexandra Riley (USA) v BYE
Arantxa Andrady (IND) d. Osariemen Airhunmwunde (NGR) 62 62

(2)Michaela Frlicka (GER) v BYE
Ushna Suhail (PAK) d. Patience Onebamhoin (NGR) 61 61

(3)Nour Azzouz (EGY) v BYE
Ester Masuri (ISR) d. Sofia Dmitrieva (RUS) 61 62

Chinenye Ndidi Izuogu (NGR) v BYE
Adeyinka Elisabeth Thompson (NGR) d. Damilola Olufeko (NGR) 62 Ret.

Olawaseun Ogundare (NGR) v BYE
Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD) d. Smriti Joon (IND) 60 61

Naa Shika Adu (GHA) v BYE
Nikita Deshmukh (IND) v BYE

Rita Obasigie (NGR) v BYE
Abiodun Oyegoke (NGR) d. Beauty Oghenekevwe (NGR) 46 62 61

Tosin Sarah Gbadamosi (NGR) v BYE
Anastasia Meglinskaya (RUS) d. Bridget Chidi (NGR) 60 60

Qualifying Round

Arantxa Andrady (IND) d. (1)Alexandra Riley (USA) 60 60
(2)Michaela Frlicka (GER) d. Ushna Suhail (PAK) 61 62
Ester Masuri (ISR) d. (3)Nour Azzouz (EGY) 62 64
Chinenye Ndidi Izuogu (NGR) d. Adeyinka Elisabeth Thompson (NGR) 76(9) 61
Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD) d. Olawaseun Ogundare (NGR) 60 60
Nikita Deshmukh (IND) d. Naa Shika Adu (GHA) 62 46 63
Abiodun Oyegoke (NGR) d. Rita Obasigie (NGR) 57 53 Ret.
Anastasia Meglinskaya (RUS) d. Tosin Sarah Gbadamosi (NGR) 60 60

Singles Main Draw

(1)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. Valeria Patiuk (ISR) 36 61 62
(wc)Fatimah Abinu (NGR) d. (wc)Blessing Samuel (NGR) 63 75
Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) d. Rishika Sunkara (IND) 62 63
(5)Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) d. Shivika Burman (IND) 63 63

(4)Conny Perrin (SUI) d. Jasmin Steinherr (GER) 64 61
Anja Prislan (SLO) d. (Q)Arantxa Andrady (IND) 60 61
(Q)Michaela Frlicka (GER) d. (wc)Christie Agugbom (NGR) 60 60
(8)Margarita Lazareva (RUS) d. Jia Xiang Lu (CHN) 64 75

(7)Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) d. Nidhi Chilumula (IND) 62 76(4)
(Q)Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD) d. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 62
Alexandra Romanova (RUS) d. Keren Shlomo (ISR) 46 75 76(3)
(3)Tadeja Majeric (SLO) d. (Q)Ester Masuri (ISR) 60 36 62

(6)Cristina Dinu (ROU) d. (Q)Anastasia Meglinskaya (RUS) 62 60
Kyra Shroff (IND) d. (Q)Chinenye Ndidi Izuogu (NGR) 60 60
(wc)Blessing Anuna (NGR) d. (Q)Abiodun Oyegoke (NGR) 64 60
(2)Chanel Simmonds (RSA) d. (Q)Nikita Deshmukh (IND) 60 60

Second Round

(1)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. (wc)Fatimah Abinu (NGR) 61 60
(5)Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) d. Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 64 75

(4)Conny Perrin (SUI) d. Anja Prislan (SLO) 62 62
(8)Margarita Lazareva (RUS) d. (Q)Michaela Frlicka (GER) 46 62 62

(7)Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) d. (Q)Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD) 63 61
(3)Tadeja Majeric (SLO) d. Alexandra Romanova (RUS) 61 62

(6)Cristina Dinu (ROU) d. Kyra Shroff (IND) 61 62
(2)Chanel Simmonds (RSA) d. (wc)Blessing Anuna (NGR) 60 62

Quarterfinal

(1)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. (5)Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 60 21 Ret.
(4)Conny Perrin (SUI) d. (8)Margarita Lazareva (RUS) 62 63

(3)Tadeja Majeric (SLO) d. (7)Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) 63 63
(6)Cristina Dinu (ROU) d. (2)Chanel Simmonds (RSA) 63 62

Semifinal

(4)Conny Perrin (SUI) d. (1)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 76(6) 20 Ret.
(6)Cristina Dinu (ROU) d. (3)Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 62 76(3)

Final

(6)Cristina Dinu (ROU) d. (4)Conny Perrin (SUI) 63 63

Doubles Main Draw

(1)Perrin/Simmonds (SUI/RSA) d. Frlicka/Prislan (GER/SLO) 63 61
Chilumula/Dmitrieva (IND/RUS) d. (wc)Airhunmwunde/Obasigie (NGR/NGR) 61 61
(4)Shlomo/Steinherr (ISR/GER) d. Ogundare/Oyegoke (NGR/NGR) 60 60
Meglinskaya/Romanova (RUS/RUS) d. Deshmukh/Riley (IND/USA) 60 64

Masuri/Sunkara (ISR/IND) d. Azzouz/Suhail (EGY/PAK) 64 60
(3)Lu/Lu (CHN/CHN) d. (wc)Chidi/Olufeko (NGR/NGR) 60 60
Patiuk/Razafimahatratra (ISR/MAD) d. (Alt)Agugbom/Samuel (NGR/NGR) 61 60
(2)Dinu/Majeric (ROU/SLO) d. Jakupovic/Shroff (SLO/IND) 26 75 10-3

Quarterfinal

(1)Perrin/Simmonds (SUI/RSA) d. Chilumula/Dmitrieva (IND/RUS) 62 61
Meglinskaya/Romanova (RUS/RUS) d. (4)Shlomo/Steinherr (ISR/GER) 36 64 11-9

(3)Lu/Lu (CHN/CHN) d. Masuri/Sunkara (ISR/IND) 62 76(6)
(2)Dinu/Majeric (ROU/SLO) d. Patiuk/Razafimahatratra (ISR/MAD) 64 64

Semifinal

(1)Perrin/Simmonds (SUI/RSA) d. Meglinskaya/Romanova (RUS/RUS) 63 62
(3)Lu/Lu (CHN/CHN) d. (2)Dinu/Majeric (ROU/SLO) 61 62

Final

(1)Perrin/Simmonds (SUI/RSA) d. (3)Lu/Lu (CHN/CHN) 62 36 10-7

[catgamer]

Gl to all women playing there :-)

[AYUMI-GOAT]

GL Nigerians and Zarah

[flareon]

Wow nice Centre court, for a 25k could easily be bigger.

[Meelis]

QD posted.

[JustPetko]

Beauty

[Dan_Doe]

Patience & Beauty playing here

[LegionArgentina]

Originally Posted by LegionArgentina

I’m Nigeria’s Best For Now

London-based Nigerian female tennis player, Adeyinka Elisabeth Thompson told DAMILARE OKUNOLA at the ongoing Governor’s Cup lagos Tennis Championship why she thinks she’s the best female tennis player in the country

What brought you back to Nigeria after so long?
The Governor’s Cup of course. It’s one tournament which attracts international coverage and followership. The atmosphere is always good and it’s also the tournament that helped me attain my highest ranking ever (900 in the world), not many were lucky to achieve this.

From what you’ve seen at this year’s championship, how would you rate the Nigerian players?
They are extremely hardworking and they have big hearts with such great fights in them. They sacrifice as much, if not more than their foreign counterparts but it’s quite different from the kind of support these foreign players get from their federations. Nadal is being sponsored by the Spanish federation and some others also enjoy the same but it’s quite different here.

So, what do you think is the bane of tennis in this country?
The players are not being taken care of or supported by the federation. You don’t expect a player who hasn’t played more than one or two tourneys in a year to perform well against one who plays round the clock, it’s just simple logic.

How did you start playing tennis?
My mother wanted to shed some weight playing tennis so I stole the racquet and started playing tennis against the wall at the Ikeja Country Club, when I was nine.
Is there any Nigerian player that you admire?
I saw Babalola and I must tell you that he’s such a good player with very few tournaments. You can only imagine what he’ll look like if he has been travelling round the world to play circuits.

The female players?
I’m a Nigerian and I back myself wherever I go. I think I’m the best female player in Nigeria, I’ll pay $100 to any of them who can defeat me in a competitive match.

Any role model?
Of course, Roger Federer because I play the way he does.

So, how has it been playing tennis?
It’s been good, at least I’ve played in so many countries and I’ve also had to study Pharmacy at a University in Scotland.

Which is the priority, tennis or pharmacy?
Tennis has always been the priority but I had to get a qualification to always fall back on and that was why I went to the university. Now, I’m focussing on tennis.

What was growing up like?
It was nice and trust ‘Naija’ life, the humour is incomparable with what you can get anywhere else. I have three siblings with my mom trying to hold us together. l love my Amala and pounded yam but I’ve not been able to take it in a long time.

Are you married now?
Not yet, but I’m engaged to a lucky guy from Sweden and we’ll tie the knot whenever we are ready.

Are you thinking of giving back to the Nigerian society any time soon?
Yeah, it hasn’t crossed my mind yet but I was going to think about it anyway because you can’t totally cut out tennis from my life.

[Xepher]

Beauty and Patience

[Meelis]

Singles Main Draw

(1)Nina Bratchikova (RUS) v Valeria Patiuk (ISR)
(wc)Blessing Samuel (NGR) v (wc)Fatimah Abinu (NGR)
Rishika Sunkara (IND) v Viktoriya Tomova (BUL)
(5)Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) v Shivika Burman (IND)

(4)Conny Perrin (SUI) v Jasmin Steinherr (GER)
Anja Prislan (SLO) v (Q)Arantxa Andrady (IND)
(Q)Michaela Frlicka (GER) v (wc)Christie Agugbom (NGR)
(8)Margarita Lazareva (RUS) v Jia Xiang Lu (CHN)

(7)Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) v Nidhi Chilumula (IND)
Maria Sakkari (GRE) v (Q)Zarah Razafimahatratra (MAD)
Alexandra Romanova (RUS) v Keren Shlomo (ISR)
(3)Tadeja Majeric (SLO) v (Q)Ester Masuri (ISR)

(6)Cristina Dinu (ROU) v (Q)Anastasia Meglinskaya (RUS)
Kyra Shroff (IND) v (Q)Chinenye Ndidi Izuogu (NGR)
(Q)Abiodun Oyegoke (NGR) v (wc)Blessing Anuna (NGR)
(2)Chanel Simmonds (RSA) v (Q)Nikita Deshmukh (IND)

[Meelis]

"Nigeria`s best" was sent back to Europe.

[Drake1980]

2 Nigerian girls will win!

[SVK]

Both Blessings with a chance to win a round

[spiceboy]

Just when I thought Michaela Frlicka would never earn 9 easier points than last week I have to eat my words

[Wert.]

Sakkari against Razafisomething


Should have played Greek 10Ks.