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Fu wang Choi and Ikenna Okonkwo won the doubles tennis at the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior J30 in Abuja on Saturday
3-6,7-5,10-5 victory over Daniel Adeleye and Joseph Jimoh.
The tour which started on Feb.19 is expected to end on Sunday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Choi and Okonkwo were drawn in the round one and had a walk over.
They then advance to the quarters final stage by defeating Oluwatobi Agboola and Sani Yahaya 6-4,6-3
before processed to semifinals stage, with Alex Hui and Oluwaseun Ogunsakin by winning 6-0,6-4 to reach finals stage.
While Adeleye and Jimoh were drawn in the round one and had a walk over.
They qualified to the quarters final stage, by defeating Joel Hiveluah and Jade Nwezi 6-2,6-4.
Then advance to the semifinals stage were they beat Lucky Danjuma and Mubarak Ganiyu 6-3,6-4 to reach the final stage .
Adeleye and Jimoh broke in the first Set 6-3 to gain an early advantage in the match but Choi and Okonkwo were able to turn the table in the second set , winning 7-5 and never looked back.
The third set was fiercely contested with Adeleye and Jimoh displaying a tremendous performance but Choi and Okonkwo were able to withstand the pressure and broke into the game by winning 10-5.
Speaking after the match,Choi from Hong Kong expressed his happiness over the victory, saying “ I am happy for winning the final match in the doubles category.
“ This match really means a lot to me because in my singles category, I was knockout in the quarter finals both in the first and second legs.
A total of 16 males from four countries namely Nigeria (host), Namibia, Taipei of Chinese and Hong Kong participated in the championships.
