Toast of the home fans Aruna was not really tested in his group as he recorded 3-0 wins over Senegal’s Hamidou Sow and Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu.
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A record eighth Olympics Games appearance for Nigeria’s Segun Toriola was halted by Egypt’s duo of Omar Assar and Dina Meshref after Toriola and Olufunke Oshonaike lost in the mixed doubles finals of the Africa Olympic Qualifying Tournament at the weekend in Tunis.
The table tennis continental ruling body, African Table Tennis Federation, has named the 32 contestants that will battle for honours at the 2020 Top 16 Cup holding in Tunis later this month.
The possible relevance of African teams at the 2019 ITTF Team World Cup will be determined on Thursday as Nigeria and Egypt play their last group matches in the competition.
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Egypt’s Dina Meshref emerged as singles champions at the 2018 ITTF African Championships concluded in Mauritius on September 9, 2018.
In the last three editions of the World Team Cup, Egypt men and women teams have featured in the tournament and the last time Nigeria’s men team competed was in 2010 in Dubai
It was in Agadir, Morocco that Egypt’s Dina Meshref surrendered her title to veteran Olufunke Oshonaike of Nigeria at the 2016 ITTF African Championship. But this year in Mauritius, the African Games champion is eager to reclaim her title and also enjoy the beautiful Island.
To win the tournament in 2016 in Khartoum, Sudan, Quadri defeated Omar Assar of Egypt 4-2, while Meshref also beat Edem Offiong of Nigeria
Over 100 players competed in the preliminary round with the intention of making it to the main draw and at the end of the second day, 32 men and 16 women will be joining the seeded players in the main draw (round of 64 in men and round of 32 in the women).
Oladapo, who was in Agadir, Morocco when Quadri beat Assar 4-3 in the men’s singles final, admitted that the country is yet to realise that players are not coming through due to lack of quality coaching.
Having conquered Egypt’s Mohamed El-Beiali 4-0 in the semifinal, Quadri showed his class to beat Omar Assar 4-3 in the men’s singles final to the admiration of the fans at the venue.
“I know that the competition in Agadir, Morocco would be tough with a lot of worthy competitors. I am re-checking all my weaknesses