November 26, (THEWILL) – Romi Cohen of Israel defeated Nigeria’s Ozi-oiza Yakubu 6-0, 7-5 on Thursday to get to the singles semi-finals of the ongoing J5 World Tennis Championships in Abuja in a match that was part of the ITF Tennis World Tour J5 Abuja, which began on November 24 at the Abiola National Stadium’s tennis complex.
Cohen expressed her joy at the victory in post-match remarks: “My performance was better than the previous week that I played, I worked and fought hard to deserve this victory. Defeating my opponent was a great task. My plan is to win the tournament’s finals.
“I did a good calculation and I hope to lift the trophy this time around. I will put my best to hit my target”.
Cohen said she will spend Friday’s semi-final match in the singles category refining her strategies against either Nigeria’s Ohunene Yakubu or Egypt’s Joody Elkady.
Ohunene Yakubu qualified for the semifinals in another female singles category by defeating Rebecca Ekpenyong 6-1, 6-1.
Lucky Danjuma of Nigeria defeated Marshall Hulett of South Africa 6-3, 6-4 in the male singles round of 16, while Mukhtar Andu of the United Kingdom defeated Desmond Ayaaba of Ghana 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Daniel Crowie and Marshall Hulett, both of South Africa, upset Nigeria’s Jibril Adamu and Isaac Danjuma 7-5, 6-3 in the round of 16 of the male doubles competition.
In the round of 16, Emmanuel Jebutu and Chika Nwaozuzu of the United States beat Fortune Joseph and Yassine Mahmah of Morocco 6-3, 6-1.
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