2019 ITTF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Majority of the African players that featured in the 2019 ITTF World Championships failed to make it beyond the group stages.
Players from Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Mauritius and Madagascar all failed to win any match in their group to exit the tournament early.
But the continent’s powerhouses – Nigeria and Egypt showed their class in all their matches with majority of the players winning at least one match in the group but majority of them could not make it to the main draw.
Three of the continent’s best players – Aruna Quadri of Nigeria and Egypt’s duo of Omar Assar and Dina Meshref did not compete from the group stage but were listed among the seeded players in the men and women singles. For this, the trio started their campaigns from the main draw.
However, Egyptian veteran, Ahmed Saleh was the only player that fought his way from the group to the main draw while…
