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WTT Contender Lagos scheduled for June 12 to 18 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
Ahead of the maiden edition of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Lagos, top-ranked table tennis players are battling for a spot in Lagos.
Top players in the top 20 range of the world ranking are jostling to make the final list of confirmed players for the first WTT Series in sub-Saharan Africa.
Pulse Sports reports that the WTT Contender Lagos is the first tournament after the World Championships taking place in Durban, South Africa, as players begin hunting for ranking points to secure their places at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France.
According to a reliable source, WTT organizers are having a tough time deciding on the number of players in the top 20 that will join others in Lagos for the championships.
Some of the players that participated in the ITTF Challenge at the Nigeria Open are lining up to return to the African continent's table tennis capital.
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The LOC Event Director Dr. Kweku Tandoh confirmed that quality players already signifying their interest to be in Lagos attest to the fact that the city has become one of the hubs of top class table tennis in the world.
He added that the LOC has been working hard to ensure a smooth event.
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ITTF President pledges support for table tennis in Africa
Sorling hailed Kenya Table Tennis for the successful hosting of the Africa Cup.
He said, “We have hosted several ITTF events in the past, and the experience we had acquired in the course of staging these befitting events has qualified us to deliver world class tournaments. We are not surprised that players are eager to come to Lagos because the feedback from our previous events have shown that we are doing things right.
The leadership of the LOC has mandated us to again deliver another seamless tournament that will continue to make Lagos one of the places to be when you are talking of top level table tennis events in the world."
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Already, some local players aiming to pick their slots among the contenders have been warming up across Nigeria as the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) is planning a national trials to select some of the local-based players that will team up with their foreign compatriots in the main event scheduled for June 12 to 18 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
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