Teenage sensation Oyinlomo Quadre has emerged as the highest ranked women tennis player in Nigeria for the first time.

In the ranking released by the Nigeria Tennis Federation on Wednesday, Quadre moved up from the third position to the first position.

She displaced former No. 1 Blessing Samuel, who is now ranked third.

Quadre was the only Nigerian to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2019 Lagos Open International Tennis Championships in October.

She also won the CBN Open title in June and claimed the Dala Hard Court trophy in Kano, last week.

Quadre secured 500 points to stay top, ahead of Aanu Aiyegbusi, who moved up to second from fourth position with 300 points.

Samuel has 285 points, while fourth-place Christie Agugbom has 265 points. Patience Onebamhion completes the top five, with 170 points.

In the men’s ranking, there was no change in the top three positions.

Sylvester Emmanuel remained top with 495 points, while Joseph Imeh remains in second, with 20 points behind Emmanuel.

Veteran player Abdulmumin Babalola is in third place, while Uche Oparaoji, who reached the semi-finals in Kano, moved up a spot to be ranked 4th and Thomas Otu in 5th place.