On March 7, Beijing time, the table tennis competition of the 2024 African Games is underway. As we all know, African table tennis is relatively weak, but the strength of Egyptian and Nigerian players cannot be underestimated, such as Egyptian player Asal and Nigerian player Aruna, both of whom have reached the Olympic men's singles quarterfinals, among them, Aruna has even defeated the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun, Zhou Qihao, Zhao Zihao and others.
In the Men's Singles semi-finals, Aruna faced Egypt's Be'Ali Mohammed, and in the other semi-final, Dio faced Assar Omar. In the first men's singles semi-finals, Aruna can be described as full of firepower, losing four games in a row, defeating his opponent BeAli Muhammad with a total score of 13:11, 11:5, 12:10, 11:6, and a total score of 4:0, and took the lead in advancing to the men's singles final.
In the other semi-final, Asal faced Dio. At the beginning of the game, Asal won two games in a row 11:8 and 11:5, leading 2:0. Next, Dio was not to be outdone, chasing two games in a row with 11:9 and 11:6, and the two sides drew 2:2. Next, with his excellent performance, Asal won two games in a row with 11:7 and 11:2, and won the total score of 4:2 to advance to the men's singles final.
Next, the men's singles final continued, Aruna played Assal, and the two met smoothly without the slightest suspense. In the first game, Asal won the first game 11:6. Next, Aruna chased two games in a row 11:2 and 11:2, and the big score was 2:1 to overtake the score, in fact, the technical and tactical play of the two was slightly similar, both of them were big theories, good landing points, and offensive athletes. But Assar is more delicate than Aruna's ball.
In the fourth game, Asal won 11-7. In the fifth game, Aruna won another game 11:9 and led 3:2. Asal has been forced into a desperate situation, and won two games in a row with 11:8 and 11:6 in the case of a back-to-back battle, and won the championship with a total score of 4:3. In this way, the men's singles championship was released, and the table tennis star Asal won the championship 4:3, clenching his fists and roaring, he has defeated national table tennis players many times, and his strength cannot be underestimated.
In women's singles, in the semifinals, Egyptian teenager Hannah Gouda fought five games and defeated Mobarek with a total score of 4:1 to advance to the final. In the other semi-final, Meshev lost four games in straight sets, 11:4, 11:4, 11:7, 11:7, and a total score of 4:0 to advance, so that the Egyptian women's singles won the championship and runner-up. In the women's singles final, the teenager Gao Gao was full of firepower, defeating his senior sister Meshev with a total score of 4:2 and successfully winning the women's singles championship of the African Games, and the future is promising.