CBN Open Tennis Championship : Blessing Otu, Others stroke into 2nd round.

Hard fighting Blessing Otu stroked her way into the 2nd round of the on going 47th edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria Senior Tennis Championship holding at the Tennis Courts of the package “B” of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja which served-off on Friday 12 June 2026 with the qualifying rounds.

Playing in the women’s category, Blessing dismissed the tough challenges of her opponent, Kelvin Bebe- Emmanuella whom she defeated by two sets love, 6-1, 6-3 in her first game of the round of 32 to advance to the round of 16.

Speaking in a post match interview immediately after her match, Blessing who will be 19 years old in September, said her opponent is left handed player whom she capitalized on her weaknesses to gain victory having studied her game very well.

” Bebe is a very good and tough player. But I studied her game and did the job having studied her.
Though she tried to come back in the second set, but I punctured all her tricks to win the match and move on.

“I wish I can continue like this with the rest of my games despite the fact that she is a left handed player which makes her a tough opponent.

Also Victorious is another member of the Otu family, John Otu who defeated Mohammed Abdusalam 2-1 (6-2, 6-7, 6-1 ) in the round of 5-4 on the men’s singles category to advance into the round of 32.

But the third Otu in the game, Thomas Otu was not that lucky like his two siblings as he crashed in the first game having been sent packing by 6-0, 7-5 in two straight sets by Danjuma Isaac.

In other matches, Michael Emmanuel defeated Ibrahim Aminu to advance while Drimiya Mevi outclassed Seyi Ogunsakin by beating him 2-1 ( 6-7, 6-3, 6-1).
Another Victor is Mohammed Dahiru that stopped To a Ruby 6-3, 6-4 as Sylvanus Agang beat Egena Peter 6-1, 6-1.
Michael Chima had to dwell in his world of experience before stopping hard fighting Mathew Abamu 7-5, 7-6 in a game that could have gone either way..

Meanwhile, action will continue on Wednesday when other players including the men’s singles top seed, Abua Cannice, will take to the courts.