Izuchukwu OkosiAfrican hearts were broken on Saturday afternoon as Elena Rybakina came from a set down to defeat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur (3) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Women’s Wimbledon 2022 tournament reports Prime Business Africa.
The win was Rybakina’s maiden triumph at the tournament, becoming the 127th woman to win a grandslam title.
The Russian-born winner is the first woman representing Kazakhstan to win a major. The 23 – year – old is also the youngest woman to lift the Venus Rosewater dish since 21- year-old Retra Kvitova in 2011.
Jabeur became the first Arab and African lady in recent memory to reach a grandslam final.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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