Marylove Edwards confirmed her top seed
rating at the ongoing 2018 CAT/ITF West and Central African Junior
Championship Qualifiers holding in Togo, West Africa by winning the
Under 14 and under category.
It was the first time the tennis star
who is backed by Temple Management Company (TMC) will be
participating in a national call-up since her full enrolment last
year as student of Florida-based IMG Academy. The prodigious
12-year-old gave a good account of herself in grand style.
Marylove, an EleVen by Venus brand
ambassador, played all her matches in active wears of the brand which
is owned by renowned American-born tennis champion, Venus Williams.
The Nigerian tennis won 6-2, 6-0 against Kumba (Mali) to become the
new champion.
In the semi-final, she beat Stephanie
(Cameroon) 6-3, 6-0 just after defeating Rodia Noudogbessi of Benin
with a comprehensive 6-0, 6-0 victory in the quarter final. She had
previously beat Etana (Cameroon) 6-3, 6-1. Marylove is on top of her
game and her growth was recognized by the organising international
body that ranked her as a top seed for the first time.
Speaking from Togo, the starlet said,
“I am excited and happy to be the champion of the West and Central
African Junior Championship. I also want to say thank you to EleVen
by Venus for giving me the nice outfit I wore in the finals. I also
want to say thank you to Temple Management for making it possible for
my Daddy and I to come to Togo.”
Underscoring the influence of her new
IMG background, Koye Sowemimo, Head Of Sports, TMC noted that
Marylove’s game has improved greatly and expressed the satisfaction
of the creative talent agency with her trajectory.
He also made a case for world-class
training for Nigerian athletes. According to Sowemimo, “If we
provide the best for our talents in the sense of facilities, coaching
and funding, they will shine and Marylove is a prime example of
this.”
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