Hemery’s dad reiterates son’s urge to play for Nigeria

Calvin Hemery’s father has reiterated his son’s desire to play for Nigeria declaring it’s not good for the country to repeat the mistake of Anthony Joshua.

Ehi HenshawAigbekaen revealed his 22-year-old son is good enough to bring glory to Nigeria after he continued his winning run at the Dayak Tennis Championship Nigeria F2 Futures holding in Abuja.

“He is willing to play for Nigeria because he sees himself as more of a Nigerian than a Frenchman. He wants to put on Nigeria’s colour at international tournaments,” said Henshaw-Aigbekaen, who hailed from Edo State.

Continuing, he said, “He’s playing as a Frenchman but he doesn’t get as much support when he is playing abroad; they see him more as a black man but he is not complaining. All he wants is to play for Nigeria. He talked so much about Nigeria and says he love the country. And I think it’s not good for Nigeria to repeat the Anthony Joshua mistake in tennis.”

Born in Les Lilas, France, he is the top seed at the Dayak Championship which is coming on the heels of his triumph at the USA F15 Futures at Vero Beach, Florida on April 29th. He also reached the final of the 2016 Governor’s Cup in Lagos.

The right handed double backhand player has risen significantly in the last three years ending 2015 in career high 199 against the 613 in 2013.