Oshonaike Hits Semi Final At ITTF Africa Senior Cup in Cameroon

After playing two matches and getting a walk-over against CongoBrazzaville’s Han Xing, five-time Olympian, Olufunke Oshonaike yesterday secured a place in the semifinal of the women’s singles at the 2015 ITTF Africa Senior Cup holding in Yaounde, Cameroon.

From the final group matches played, Oshonaike defeated  Algeria’s Islem Laid 3-0 and repeated same feat against Cameroon’s  Beatrice Enjema and she got a walk-over against Congo Brazzaville’s Han Xing to top the group.

For leading the group, Oshonaike got a bye to the semifinal alongside Egypt’s Dina Meshref.

 For the semifinal ties on Thursday, Oshonaike will battle the winner between Egypt’s Nadeen El-Dawlatly and Cameroon’s Sarah Hanffou, while Egypt’s Meshref will tackle the winner between Algeria’s Islem Laid and Lynda Loghraibi.

 A confident Oshonaike said she is ready to take on any opponent as she was lucky to get a good draw in the group stage. “I am happy that I got a good draw and I hope I can be in my best form so that I can make it to the final.

In the final, anything can happen and I look forward to what is going to happen,” she said. 

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and Kazeem Makanjuola also made it to quarterfinal where they are expected to tackle Egypt’s El-Sayed Lashin and Algeria’s Idir Khourta for places in the semifinal.