Eden told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos that he observed that the players lacked confidence to compete with their foreign counters which affected their performances in the tournament.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s Quadri defeated Amato Antonino of Italy with 11-4, 14-12, 11-6 and 11-5 which ended 4-0 on Friday in Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun, Lagos.
The much-anticipated ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open begins on Wednesday August 8 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos State as heavyweights from 26 countries, including host Nigeria, battle for share of $46,000 prize money of the tournament.
African and European players are singing same song after having a swell time in Lagos and they have all agreed that attending the next edition will part of their itinerary for 2018.
Quadri expressed the wish in Day 1 of the “Seamaster International Table Tennis Federation Challenge Nigeria Open Championships holding at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
The Qatari, who will be visiting Africa for the first time, also says he considers the quality of players listed for the five-day tournament as the world’s best.
Olah said in a statement by the International Table Tennis Federation’s Africa Media Department that the quality of players would make it more challenging.
As the most successful player in the history of the championship and since the inception of the ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open in 2013, Egypt’s Omar Assar has been unbeaten apart from his absence in 2016, which paved way for Finland’s Benedek Olah to claim the men’s singles title.