ITTF African Junior & Cadet Championship: Nigeria In Race For Doubles Titles

Team Nigeria is already in the medal zone in the mixed doubles event of the ongoing ITTF African Junior & Cadet Championship holding in Algiers.
To berth in the last four of the mixed doubles event, Nigeria’s duo of Ajoke Ojomu and Azeez Solanke edged out number one seeded team, Egypt’s Omar Elhamady and Youra Amira 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 .
Like their compatriots – the pair of Esther Oribamise and Amadi Omeh also caused upset with victory over number four seed, Egypt’s Karim Elhakem and Marwa Alhodaby 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9.
Ojomu and Solanke will not battle Tunisia’s continued their good form in the quarterfinal when they bundled out home team – Algeria’s departed one round earlier, they were also beaten by a Nigerian partnership, they suffered at the ha Omar Ammous and Mariam Ben-Chiekh in the semifinal tie on Monday April 11.
To finally secure their places in the last four, Amadi Omeh and Esther Oribamise had to surmount Algeria’s duo of Adelbasset Chaichi and Yassamine Bouhenni (11-8, 13-11, 13-11 to set up a semifinal clash against Egypt’s Youssef Abdel-Aziz and Mariam.
Meanwhile, in the Junior Girls’ Doubles event the leading pairs have yet to enter the arena; however, in the Junior Boys’ Doubles event one round has been completed and amongst the leading pairs there was one casualty.
South Africa’s Byrone Abrahams and Zakeer Moosa experienced defeat at the hands of Tunisia’s Aboubaker Bourass and Raed Oueslati (11-7, 12-10, 11-4).
One surprise, for the other leading pairs it was first round success.
Egypt’s Youssef Abdel-Aziz and Karim Elhakem, the top seeds, beat Congo Brazzaville’s Regis Kiassi and Jeancy Obindza (11-2, 11-3, 11-5). In a similar manner Tunisia’s Omar Ammous and Mootezz Saadaoui, the no.2 seeds, accounted for Algeria’s Mohamed Aoues and Mohamed Sebia (11-6, 11-7, 11-1); whilst Omar Elhamady and Abdelrahman Rahmou flew the flag high for Egypt, the defeated South Africa Nkululeko Nene and Keanin Pekeur (11-3, 11-5, 11-4).