After playing two matches and getting a walk-over against Congo Brazzaville’s Han Xing, five-time Olympian, Olufunke Oshonaike, on Wednesday secured a place in the semifinal of the women’s singles at the 2015 ITTF Africa Senior Cup holding in Yaounde, Cameroon.
From the final group matches played, Oshonaike defeated Algeria’s Islem Laid 3-0 and repeated same feat against Cameroon’s Beatrice Enjema and she got a walk-over against Congo Brazzaville’s Han Xing to top the group.
For leading the group, Oshonaike got a bye to the semifinal alongside Egypt’s Dina Meshref.
For the semifinal ties on Thursday, Oshonaike will battle the winner between Egypt’s Nadeen El-Dawlatly and Cameroon’s Sarah Hanffou, while Egypt’s Meshref will tackle the winner between Algeria’s Islem Laid and Lynda Loghraibi.
A confident Oshonaike said she is ready to take on any opponent as she was lucky to get a good draw in the group stage.
“I am happy that I got a good draw and I hope I can be in my best form so that I can make it to the final. In the final, anything can happen and I look forward to what is going to happen,” she said.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and Kazeem Makanjuola also made it to the quarterfinal where they are expected to tackle Egypt’s El-Sayed Lashin and Algeria’s Idir Khourta for places in the semifinal.
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