Izonritei’s nephews take to tennis

Daniel and Dennis, identical twins and nephews of Olympic boxing silver medallist, David Izonritei, have taken to tennis rather than boxing which made their uncle famous and wealthy. Daniel and Dennis Izonritei, 12, attend the Grandmates Secondary School, a

 private school in Oke Afa, and play their tennis at the Estate Tennis Club at Jakande gate. “We attended a holiday coaching program at the tennis club and immediately fell in love with the game. Now we want to be very good players.”
said Daniel, the taller of the two brothers. “We tried our hands at doubles once and we enjoyed it. We hope we can be as good as the Bryan brothers (identical twins from the USA) who are world champions in doubles.” Daniel and Dennis are also the best sprinters in school in their age category. Daniel is the gold medalist while Dennis is the runner-up and they plan to use their sprinting prowess to maximum advantage on the tennis court.
Dennis who is a Rafael Nadal fan lost his opening match to Nmesoma Ekeugo from Lagos 9-5 while Daniel, a Novak Djokovic admirer, also lost his debut match against Femi Kehinde 9-1. “We are really enjoying this tournament because there are so many boys of our age and even if you lose, you get to play again.” Daniel said, promising to do better in his next match.