Akindoju in an interview in Abuja, said that the international events were meant to enable the federation discover players that could feature at international level, as well as to improve the world ranking of Nigerian players. The tennis president listed the remaining events of the year to include: the Dala hard court National Open Championship in Kano, from October 28 to November 6; the VEMP National Tennis Open Championship in Abuja, from November 4 to November 13. There would also be the two-leg ITF World Tennis tour J5, two-week events from November 12 to November 30; while in december two events: the Rain Oil National Tennis Open, in Lagos from December 2 to December 11 and the Abuja Tennis Cup closed from December 13 to December 18 in Abuja, would round-off the federation’s 2021 calendar.