Newcomer Sada Nahimana has cruised into the final of the women’s singles of the first leg of the 2019 Lagos Open Tennis Championship, at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan.

The 18-year-old Burundian defeated Swede Fanny Oslund 6-3,6-1 in the semi-final on Sunday, to set up Monday’s final clash with Brazilian Laura Pigozzi in Monday’s final.

Pigozzi beat Indian Riya Bhatia 6-2,6-2 in the other semis.

Interestingly, Nahimana is visiting Lagos for the first time, but has shown a desire to make a mark, since her first match of the main draws of the ITF World Tour.

The youngster is well travelled, having played at the junior tournaments of major Grand Slams. She played to the first round stage of the Australian Open Junior 2019, was also at the French Open 2019Junior, where she played in the second round.

In 2018, she played in the second round of the Wimbledon Open Junior and first round of the US Open Junior same year.

The finals of the singles and doubles events were scheduled to hold on Sunday, but were rescheduled for today due to heavy rains in Lagos on Saturday, which forced the day’s matches to be shifted to Sunday.