The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has concluded arrangements for the second edition of the annual Lawn Tennis League Championship tagged ‘NCC Tennis Cup’.
This was made known by NCC Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Tony Ojobo, in an invitation sent out to participating teams.
In the invitation letter, the NCC public affairs director said the competition is only open to teams from clubs, states, companies and institutions.
“Teams must have a minimum of two tennis courts, in good condition and with space for spectators,” Ojobo said.
Speaking on the format of the competition, the letter for read “The competition shall consist of round robin group matches leading up to the semifinals and finals.”
“Each tie shall feature two men’s singles with reverse, one ladies singles, one men’s doubles and one mixed doubles.
“Each match shall be decided by the best of three sets – with a regular tiebreak at 6-6 in all sets,” it added.
A team is expected to register a minimum of six players and a maximum of eight in the order of their rankings.
The winning team will go home with N7 million and the runner up will win N5 million. While third place will rake N3 million, fourth place will go home with N2 million.
Team Tombim won the inaugural NCC Tennis Cup while Kaduna-based Team Offikwu beat Team Tombim to be crowned champions in the second edition.
NCC says the competition, in its third edition, kicks off in June 2017, and that the Tennis Cup would be managed by International Tennis Academy (ITA) with entries deadline as June 8.