Bose Odusanya and Rilwan Akanbi emerged as champions of the 48th Asoju Oba Molade-Okoya Thomas Cup held in Lagos.
Odusanya, who is the women’s singles defending champion, defeated Fatimo Bello 4-2, while Akanbi overcame Azeez Solanke 4-3 to win his first major championship as a junior player.
Akanbi and Solanke are also members of the Nigeria’s eight man team to the 2016 ITTF World Junior Championship holding in Cape Town, South Africa from November 30 to December 8.
An excited Akanbi admitted that his victory did not come on a platter of gold.
He said: “I’m very happy to win this tournament because for me playing against Azeez Solanke was really a challenge.
“We are both junior players and just been promoted to play at the senior level.
“Before the match, I know it will be a 50-50 game because we have played some matches at the junior category and he is a very good player too.
“The level of competition is very good, every year we play this tournament and there is always improvement.”
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