Olayiwola who defeated Ganiyu Ashimiyu by four set to two to claim last year's title of Asoju Oba table tennis championship, said all eyes were on him as the competition's defending champion and he would not relent in his efforts in working hard to retain his title.
The table tennis player who lost to Nigeria's professional ping ponger, Monday Merotohun, at the round of 32 at the first Lagos International Table Tennis Classics, said he had learned a big lesson from the competition and it has helped him to sharpen his skills to stand a chance to win the star prize.
Olayiwola, who won the Apatira table tennis competition, Lagos State Quarterly Table Tennis competition in 2013, said inspite of experience and the confidence in him, he would not underrate any of his opponent, adding that every players in the Men's singles chart are capable of winning the star prize following their performances in recent tournaments.
While commending Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, the sponsor of Asoju-oba table tennis Championship, for lifting the standard of table tennis for over forty years, he said the competition which was the most consistent table tennis in Nigeria, had produced great Nigerian ping pongers.
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