Toriola estatic as Nigeria retains men’s doubles title

Nigeria showed their quality in the men’s doubles as the pair of Aruna Quadri and Segun Toriola

African table tennis legend Segun Toriola was in high mood at the weekend after pairing with Aruna Quadri to retain the men’s doubles title having watched Egypt claimed three titles ahead of them in the ITTF Africa Senior Championships.

Pairing for the first time in a major championship, the partnership of Aruna Quadri and Segun Toriola conquered Egyptian teams to hold on to the title won in 2015 by Aruna Quadri and Kazeem Makanjuola.

The Nigerian duo defeated ageing Egyptians – El-Sayed Lashin and Ahmed Saleh 4-2 to give Nigeria its first gold medal in the one-week championship holding in Agadir, Morocco.

An elated Toriola said: “For us winning this title is very good because I had said earlier that it is a must for us to win this doubles title. But I must also tell you that it was not an easy match because the match was strange to us in all departments. Also our opponents are very experienced players and clever, so we are so excited claiming the first gold medal for Nigeria in this competition.”

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