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Alex Adewale and Kafayat Omisore have emerged champions of the men’s and women’s singles of the Puma ITF Wheelchair Tennis Futures 2018 in Abuja.

Adewale, a London 2012 Paralympian defeated Kenyan top seed, Peter Naveh 6-1, 6-0 while Omisore also got the better of Jane Ndenga of Kenya 6-3, 7-6 (3).

The duo of Alex Adewale and Wasiu Yusuf won the doubles final with a comprehensive 6-1, 6-0 scoreline over Peter Naveh and Collins Omonde of Kenya while Kafayat Omisore paired Kemi Oluwasegun to beat Kenya’s Jane Ndenga who partnered homegirl Foluke Shodehinde to clinch the women’s doubles title.

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Yemisi Olatunji and Sodiq Taiwo have emerged winners of the OTrafford PSA National Closed Satellite Squash Tournament 2018 at the 82 Division of the Army Officers Mess, Marina, Lagos.

Yemisi defeated her younger sister Busayo 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 to win the OTrafford PSA National Closed Satellite Squash Tournament women’s title.

In the men’s final, Sodiq Taiwo, who defeated top player Lanre Abdulrahman in the semi-final, bounced back after losing the first set to defeat a hard-fighting Idowu Enemakure 12-14, 11-1, 11-6, 11-8.

The winner of the male category Sodiq received $1,000 for his effort while Yemisi got $500.

The Chairman of OTrafford Squash Club, Aderemi Adeseun, while presenting the winners with their awards, urged all other squash clubs to organise more PSA sanctioned tournaments to enable Nigerian squash players amass ranking points.