Teams Leadway Assurance, Offikwu Secure S’final Spots

Lagos-based Team Leadway Assurance and Team Offikwu with Kaduna as their home base, have secure semi-final places from the Blue Group in the ongoing NCC Tennis League.

The two teams, top seeds in the group, are by their semi-final qualification guaranteed a minimum of N2 million which is the prize for the fourth place finisher. Team Offikwu playing against Team Luik of Lekki - Lagos over the weekend, dropped a match when Christian Paul retired against Chima Michael in the men’s reverse singles.

Team Luik also came close came close to taking another match in the ladies’ singles where Christie Agugbom, immediate past women’s champion, narrowly defeated Ronke Akingbade 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 but the star-studded team featuring four national champions were comfortable 6-1 overall winners at the end.

It was, however, an easier ride for Team Leadway Assurance which overran the Jos-based Team SBL 7-0.

With three points and a massive win - loss credit, Team Leadway Assurance is assured of a semifinal place no matter the outcome of their final group match against Team Luik in Lekki this weekend. Team Offikwu already has four points and will take on Team Yetade of Ekiti in their final group match.

The semifinal places in the White Group are going down to the wire as three teams - Team Tech Vibes of Jos, Team Kalotari of Port Harcourt and Team Goshen of Ilorin - face the possibility of ending with four points and having the two semifinal places decided by the difference between total matches won and lost.