Marylove Emerges Women's Tennis Single Champion At Dala Hard Court Championship

Marylove Emerges Women's Tennis Single Champion At Dala Hard Court Championship By Niyi Busari Marylove Edwards has finally won her first senior national tournament after defeating Aanu Aiyegbusi to clinch her first ever gold at Dala Hard Court event. Marylove, who played Sarah Adegoke, and lost in the 2017 Women’s Singles final of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Open, is now finally a national champion. The 16-year-old former US-based tennis teenage sensation won the final in two sets of 6-2, 6-2 and could finally heave a sigh of relief inside the tennis court at the event in Kano. It may have been an unprecedented result for Marylove as many tennis enthusiasts may have rooted for Aiyegbusi to clinch the elusive title, but the youngster came to the ‘party’ better prepared. Nigerians will be extremely excited for the former National Junior Champion, who also recently became the highest ranked female junior tennis player in Nigeria.