2016 Dala Hard Court Tennis: Emmanuel, Agugbom retain titles

It was a repeat of last year's final as Sylvester Emmanuel and Moses Michael clashed in the Men's Singles final of the 30th Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship last weekend in Kano.

Emmanuel won last year after three sets which produced 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3 but this time, he retained the title with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over his arch rival.
 
Interestingly, it was also a sweet revenge for Emmanuel having lost to Moses, winner of the 2014 Lagos Governor's Tennis Cup during their meeting in this year's CBN Senior Tennis Championship held in June in Lagos.
 
Kaduna-based Emmanuel, who was one of the two Nigerian players who finished in the quarter-final of the 2016 Lagos Governor's Tennis Cup, received N800,000 as prize money for successfully defending his Dala Hard Court Tennis title.
 
Meanwhile, Christy Agugbom also successfully defended the Women’s Singles title beating
Blessing Samuel 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 in an excruciating final.
 
Agugbom, got N500,000 as prize money for her victory over  Samuel, who sent the 2014 winner and last year's finalist, Sarah Adegoke packing in the semi-final of this year's tournament in a  match which ended in 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.

Caption: 
 Sylvester Emmanuel cooling off with water during a game.