Nigerian table tennis players shine at the 2023 ITTF Africa Senior Championships as Nigerians win the men’s singles and the women’s doubles during the tournament.
Nigerian Table tennis icon, Quadri Aruna emerged as the biggest winner at the 2023 ITTF Africa Senior Championships as he won the man’s singles.
The 35-year-old veteran table tennis player emerged winner of the competition which started in Tunis, Tunisia on September 11 and ended on Sunday, September 17.
Quadri Aruna beat Egyptian table tennis player Ahmed Saleh 4-0 (11-2, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6) in the final of the 2023 ITTF Africa Senior Championships.
Aruna won the semifinal match against another Nigerian tennis player Olajide Omotayo, 4-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2) to reach the title round.
While Saleh overcame Congo’s Idowu Saheed 4-2 (12-14, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7) in the second men’s singles semifinal after falling behind by two sets to face Aruna in the final.
But Aruna defeated the Egyptian with ease to…