Eccli, Njokanma win Ikoyi Club Tennis Masters

Veteran tennis players, Mirella Eccli and Chiwete Njokanma have emerged winners of the 2025 Ikoyi Tennis Club Masters tournament in the female and male categories respectively. In the final decided at the weekend, Eccli defeated Lolia Kienka 6-1, 7-5 at the centre courts of the tennis section. After losing the first set, Lolia was 5-3 […]

Veteran tennis players, Mirella Eccli and Chiwete Njokanma have emerged winners of the 2025 Ikoyi Tennis Club Masters tournament in the female and male categories respectively.

In the final decided at the weekend, Eccli defeated Lolia Kienka 6-1, 7-5 at the centre courts of the tennis section. After losing the first set, Lolia was 5-3 up in the second before Eccli caught up to win and seal the title.

On his part, Chiwete Njokanma defeated Kalada Kienka 7-5, 6-1 to win the male singles title of the tournament powered by Megamound.

The Chairman of the Ikoyi Club Tennis section, Diran Famakinwa, showered praises on the players who took part in the just concluded Tennis Masters competition.

The 2025 Top 8 Masters involving the best eight male and best eight female smashers started in August.

Famakinwa stated that he was very happy with the skills and overall standard exhibited by the players in the week-long final phase of the tournament which took place between December 5th and 13th.

“We started in August, 2025 with over 60 players in the male category and over 22 players in the female category and eventually top 8 qualified and I have to say we had some excellent participants that Nigeria can be proud of.

“Though we are a recreational club, the players played at professional level in the competition and it has been a great time watching our Nigerian players and international based players who are members of Ikoyi Club 1938 and it has been exciting for a lot of our members as well.”