Team Nigeria topped eight African countries participating in the West and Central Africa Junior Tennis Championships (AJTC) qualifiers.

The qualifiers, which is the third edition of the West and Central AJTC qualifiers,  holds from Jan. 12 to Jan. 20.

The championship is ongoing at the Package B of the Abuja National Stadium.

All the countries that played in the semi-finals of the championship had qualified automatically to represent their countries at the AJTC, billed for March in Kenya.

In the Boys’ U-16 category, Sylvester Emmanuel from Nigeria defeated Antoine Gbadoe from Togo after two sets of 6-2, 7-6.

Michael Michael from Nigeria beat Patheme Diangathebe from Gabon 6-3, 6-2, to qualify Nigeria for the finals.

Miaga Yacouba from Mali took the 5th position, which also qualified him for the junior championship.

In the Girls U-16, Zainab Oladimeji and Elizabeth Pam, both from Nigeria, emerged the finalists after defeating their Cote d’viore counterparts, Amandine Kouadio and Marie Sia.

Nigerian players emerged the finalists of the U-14 Boys category with Peter Lawal from Nigeria beating Anozie Chidera from Nigeria 6-0, 6-2, to qualify for the finals.