US tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams finally arrived in Lagos. As part of a planned African Tour to begin a three-day visit to Lagos, from Tuesday October 30 to Friday, November 2.
Venus arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at about 3PM on Tuesday, October 30,2012 with officials from the ‘Breaking The Mould,’ BTM campaign team as well as pressmen welcoming them. Serena arrived later around 9PM.
From the airport, Venus was led straight to a waiting convoy of vehicles and driven to Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island where another group of Journalists had also assembled to receive the tennis queen.
Looking visibly excited about her coming to Lagos, she was accompanied by her managers, who however, did not allow her to entertain any questions from the journalists saying, Venus and Serena will speak to the media elaborately on the purpose of their visit during a Media Conference scheduled to hold on Wednesday 31, October 2012 in Lagos.
They are scheduled to pay the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola a courtesy at the State House on Wednesday (today), after which they will head to a tennis clinic at Ikoyi Club. They will also visit a puberty education class for girls, then wrap it up by playing an exhibition match before going to South Africa on Friday, November 2, 2012.
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