Wani dadi ramuwar gayya ga ‘yan wasan biyu na Matthew Kuti da Sukurat Aiyelabegan, yayin da suka kwato kambun da suka bata a shekarar 2024 a hannun Abdulbasit Abdulfatai da Kabirat Ayoola a gasar. Gasar Tennis ta Daniel Ford Elite na ukuwanda aka gudanar a dakin taro na Molade Okoya-Thomas dake filin wasa na Teslim Balogun.
Gasar ta karshe wacce ta kasance mai ban sha’awa da kuma halartar manyan mutane, ta samu halartar Gwamna Babajide Sanwo-Olu na jihar Legas da Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shugabar hukumar kula da ‘yan gudun hijira ta Najeriya NDC. Kolin gasar ya kai ga yadda ake tsammani, inda mai daukar nauyin gasar Yemi Edun ya jaddada kudirinsa na gudanar da gasar duk shekara.
Kuti ba shi da aibu a ko’ina, inda ya gabatar da wasannin da ba su dace ba tun daga matakin rukuni har zuwa wasan karshe, inda ya mamaye Muiz Adegoke da ci 4-0 don kwato kambun yaran U-19. Da wannan nasarar, Kuti ya lashe gasar sau biyu a cikin bugu uku da suka gabata. Hakazalika, Aiyelabegan ta doke Khadijat Okanlawon da ci 4-0, inda ta samu kambin ‘yan matan U-19, wanda kuma ita ce nasararta ta biyu cikin shekaru uku.
A wasu rukunin kuma, Chinenye Okafor na jihar Abia ya ci gaba da rike kambun ‘yan mata na U-15, kuma an ba shi lambar yabo mafi daraja (mace), yayin da Habeeb Adebayo ya lashe kyautar MVP na maza tare da kambun samarin U-12. Elizabeth Emelike ta Abia ta zama zakara a gasar ‘yan mata ‘U-12’, sannan Joseph Marvelous na Kogi ya doke Umar Ayoola na Legas da ci 3-0 inda ya lashe kofin maza na ‘yan kasa da shekaru 15.
Gwamna Sanwo-Olu, wanda ya kasance babban bako, ya yabawa Edun bisa hazakarsa wajen daukar nauyin gasar da nufin gano hazaka daga tushe. Ya kuma bukaci ‘yan wasa da su rungumi ladabtarwa, aiki tukuru, da kuma guje wa shan kwayoyi masu kara kuzari.
“Dole ne mu yaba wa Mista Yemi Edun bisa yadda ya rike amanar gasar a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata, wannan shi ne abin da ba mu da shi wajen bunkasa harkokin wasanni.ITTF Afrika), Wahid Enitan Oshodi, saboda jajircewarsa a harkar wasanni da kuma kasancewarsa jakadan Najeriya da ya cancanci yabo a duniya. Ina kira ga ’yan wasa da su yi watsi da kyawawan dabi’u da za su taimaka musu wajen yin nasara tare da kauce wa munanan dabi’u da za su iya kawo cikas ga makomarsu,” inji shi.
Edun, wanda ya ji dadin yadda ‘yan wasan suka taka rawar gani, ya yi alkawarin ci gaba da inganta gasar, tare da fatan samun karin kwararrun da za su wakilci Najeriya a nan gaba.
