7th May, 2015
Damilare Okunola
Nigeria’s only remaining representative at the ongoing Tombim Abuja ITF Futures, Michael Moses, has stated his desire to emerge as the first Nigerian player to enter the finals in the doubles event of the maiden championship.
Moses, who was the only Nigerian to make it to the quarter-final of the Singles and Doubles events in the first leg of the competition, has already gone one better than his previous achievement.
And the Nigerian star now wants to get better by playing in the Doubles final where he will partner Duncan Mugabe from Uganda to play the number one seed, Keith-Patrick Crowley and Tucker Vorster, both from South Africa.
The 2014 Abridged Governor’s Cup winner and his partner dumped out number four seed, Joe Cooper from Germany and Ivo Klec from Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter final.
The Abuja-based youngster, stated that, “the guys could be really tough for us, but you know, nobody is unbeatable and we shall try to defeat them.
“My partner has been really good for us in the doubles and I can assure you that we will give it our all. We are not under pressure because we are not favourites to win. We want to win it and we shall win it,” Moses said.