Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that sport is a key to youth development while also reaffirming the state’s commitment to the annual ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open.
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It is an appreciable improvement again in 2019 as Germany, Austria and 30 other countries will be represented at the Seamaster ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open from August 7 to 11 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.
Abhishek made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere in Lagos venue of the competition.
The International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, has unveiled the seeding list for the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open holding from August 8 to August 12 in Lagos.
This year’s Nigeria Open will be held from August 9 to 13 inside Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.
ITTF and Twitter announced on Wednesday a deal to live stream the ITTF’s 2018 Challenge Series events to a global audience to complement ITTF’s current streaming platform.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of ITTF, Steve Dainton, aside the quality of players and organization has continued to improve annually.
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).
Three-time Nigeria Open men’s singles champion– Egypt’s Omar Assar; 2016 champion – Finland’s Benedek Olah as well as 2016 Belgium Open Champion, India’s Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
France, which is one of the top European teams in the world, as well as Scotland, another European team at the Commonwealth Games, will be having their players competing for the first time in the Nigeria Open.
Nigeria Open remains the highest prize money tournament among the ITTF Challenge Series with a purse of $46,000 and the world table tennis ruling body has also named Algeria’s Mounir Bessah as the competition manager