Ogunsakin shines in junior doubles at Wimbledon

Nigeria's Oluwaseun Ogunsakin is making waves at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. He has reached the boys' doubles quarter-finals just days after making history in the singles event.

Ogunsakin teamed up with Botswana's Ntungamili Raguin to face an American duo in the Round of 16 on Wednesday. They won the match 6-1, 4-6, 10-1 to move into the last eight.

The African pair started strong, dominating the first set. Their opponents fought back, winning the second set and forcing a deciding match tie-break. Ogunsakin and Raguin responded fiercely, finishing with a 10-1 victory to secure their spot in the quarter-finals.

Next, they will meet France's Yanick Theodore Alexandrescou and Japan's Ryo Tabata. The winner will move on to the semi-finals.

This latest win follows Ogunsakin's remarkable run in the singles event, which ended in the first round. He lost a tough three-set match to Britain's Oliver Page. At just 17 years old, he became the first Nigerian in 36 years to compete in the Wimbledon singles draw and the first Nigerian singles player at any Grand Slam in over a decade.

Ogunsakin's doubles journey has been just as impressive. Before reaching the quarter-finals, he and Raguin stunned the tournament's third seeds with a score of 6-3, 7-6(1) in the opening round. Their performance has shown they are one of the surprise teams in the tournament.