LAGOS (News Wires) – Egypt won both the men’s and women’s singles’ titles at the 2022 African Table Tennis Championship in Lagos, Nigeria.
In the men’s challenge, Assar Omar conquered the African Championship with a 4-3 victory over Quadri Aruna in the men’s singles final.
The Egyptian took the first set 14-12 before relinquishing the following two sets to the Nigerian 11-8 and 11-4.
Aruna roared back to life to win the sixth, sending the game into the final winner-takes-all contest set. The home fans were buzzing after Aruna had raced to a 4-1 victory until he pulled a muscle in his thigh.
The 30-year-old Assar won the African title twice in Nairobi in 2018 and Lagos in 2019.
In the women’s singles final, Egypt showed no charity.
The fast-rising talented Egyptian Hana Goda emerges the 2022 Africa Cup champion after a dominant 4-0 victory over Fatimo Bello of Nigeria.
Bello lost to the 14 years old Egyptian ping pong player 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5.
Goda becomes the youngest ever African champion at only 14 years and 7 months old.
Egypt also claimed the third spot (Mohamed el-Beiali and Dina Meshref) and fourth (Ahmed Saleh and Mariam Alhodaby) positions in both the men and women singles events.
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