Cecilia Akpan Is A Quality Table Tennis Player.

All African Gold medalist, Offiong Edem, says losing to Cecilia Akpan in the final of the Women's Singles of the just concluded first Lagos International Table Tennis Classic is an indication that she is not destined to win the Women’s singles

Offiong Edem.

Classic, as she was defeated by Cecilia Akpan, four sets to three in the final.

Edem, who defeated Funke Oshonaike, by four sets to two, in the semi-final, said the feat would earn Akpan an invitation into the national team having been neglected by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation for years, adding that winning the competition was an indication that she is still relevant to Team Nigeria.

The female table tennis player, who knew that it would be very difficult for her to win the competition because Cecilia Akpan , who is one of the African’s best, said Akpan was the only Nigerian female players who knows how best to play her because they are in the same club, canaan Queens and her partner in the Women’s doubles.

According to her, losing to Akpan will not affect her rankings in Africa and Nigeria and that the feat will encourage her to buckle up to redeem her status in the sport, stressing that the Nigerian table tennis team missed her service at the last All African Games.