Oshonaike grabs bronze
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri, on Thursday, again lost to his nemesis, Omar Assar, this time in the final of the Men’s singles event of the International Table Tennis Federation Africa Senior Cup in Cameroon.
The Nigerian who had earlier dumped out the defending champion and the tournament top seed, El- Sayed Lashin, in the quarterfinal could not repeat the feat against the more illustrious Egyptian. Assar who beat Quadri in the final of the Lagos Open earlier in the year again defeated his Nigerian opponent whom he beat 4-1.
The Egyptian raced to a 3-0 lead but the Nigeria pegged him back in the fourth set. Spectators who expected the ITTF Star Player of the Year to stage a comeback were disappointed as he surrendered in the fifth set.
Similarly, Funke Oshonaike who lost in the semifinal to Egyptian Nadeen EL-dawlatly came back to claim a bronze medal after beating Algerian Laid Islem 4-0 in the third-place match. From Friday, 13 teams made of seven male clubs and six female clubs across the continent will begin hostilities at the ITTF Africa Club Championship in Yaounde with Union Bank Sports Club being the sole representative of Nigeria in the men’s event.
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