Babalola covets Olympic berth article,more as a learner who will not want to stop until he gets to the pinnacle of his career,"began Babalola in an exclusive interview with nigeriasports.com. Babalola,exploiting his turn of pace and cool head on court,has been in wonderful match-winning groove in recent years,racking up the nation's number one player garb in the process. Although he is the country's most in-form player on the local scene,he is no rookie sensation.As a junior,his performances won him a number of honours and endeared him to national team selectors. "My focus right now is to make the team to the Olympics,I know I'm capable.The Olympics will give me the opportunity to exhibit my talent at the world level and most importantly,learn new tricks in the game. "It is every player's dream to be at such competitions...four of us have been invited to camp.Even though there is intense rivalry I'm optimistic I'll make it,"declared the 20-year-old. Akinloye would not want to appraise the prospect of each of the players in camp making the trip to Athens,but remarked that competition is fierce. "We have four outstanding players in competition for two slots,and I feel any two of them can sail through without sacrificing merit in any way,"he explained. Nigeria has been guaranteed only one entry in the singles events of the Olympic tennis competition,and that is in the women's singles category where Clara Udofa will vie for medals. By Dipo Okubanjo 0
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