In its bid to attract more world-class players to this year’s International Table Tennis
Federation (ITTF) World Tour tagged Lagos Open, the organisers of the
competition have hiked the prize money from $39,000 (N7.8m) to $46,000
(N9.2m).
Also, the number of the events to be competed for has been increased
to six from four and the events are singles (men and women), doubles
(men and women) as well as the U-21 boys and girls.
The five-day tourney is scheduled to hold at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos from March 10 to 14.
The ITTF ranking event will enable the players taking part to amass points for
their world ratings in March.
According to the prospectus released by ITTF on its website, Egypt’s
Nabil Almamoon and Algeria’s Mounir Bessah have been named the referee
and competition manager respectively, while Nigeria’s Lajide Oluranti
serves as the tournament director.
More players from Africa and Europe have also signified their
intention to be part of the championship, which has been entrenched in
the ITTF calendar.
Also, the current ITTF Star Player, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and
Africa’s most decorated table tennis player, Segun Toriola have
confirmed their participation in the tournament, while home-based stars
like Kazeem Makanjuola, Hameed Adeyinka and Rashidat Ogundele will also
feature in the competition.
source: tribune.com.ng
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