The 13th NNPC Limited Sports Fiesta is holding at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja and will end on February 23.
Murray weathered a gallant fightback from Matteo Berrettini before dumping the 13th-seeded Italian out of the Australian Open first round on Tuesday.
Amadi Umeh and Joshua Oladiran from Ondo defeated their Rivers counterparts 3-0.
Mr Babatunde, who gave the assurance at the weekend, said the state would be focusing more on its areas of strength, particularly in the aquatic sport.
The Williams sisters have a remarkable record of winning all 14 grand slam doubles finals they had contested.
One hundred and four players are participating with 31 players featuring in the men’s single, nine junior girls, 22 junior boys, 16 veterans and 26 cadets.
The athletes said they needed those at the helm to believe in them and expose them to international competitions.
The beneficiaries said the gesture would motivate them to win laurels for the country.
