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Nigeria’s male team
at the ongoing World Team Table Tennis Championships in Russia
yesterday defeated their Bulgarian counterparts 3-2.

The team which has been playing their games without injured captain, Segun Toriola, battled from a set down to emerge victors.

Ajetunmobi Seun
started out on the wrong foot as he was trounced 1-3 by Yordanov
Teodor; the Bulgarian won 11-8, 11-4, 4-11and 11-7.

Merotohun Monday however restored Nigeria’s hope as he comprehensively trounced his own opponent; Parapanov Konstantin 3-0.

Home based Aruna
Quadri could not sustain the tempo as he fell to the superior serving
skills of Golovanov Stanislav who defeated him 3-0.

It was Merotohun
that once again restored the country’s hope as he came back on stage to
defeat Yordanov 3-1, while Ajetunmobi put back his earlier defeat to
seal Nigeria’s passage to next round after he defeated Parapanov 3-1.

With this victory, Nigeria would now play Slovak Republic to move on in the team tennis championships.

Meanwhile the
female team will play Switzerland later today. They have been in
blistering form as they did not lose to any of the opposing countries
in their group. Now in the knockout stages, the team have to step up a
notch to ensure classification into the second tier of World Table
Tennis.

The team has Funke
Oshonaike, who plays in Germany, leading the quartet of home-based
Ganiat Ogundele, Janet Offiong, Atinuke Olaide and Edem Offiong.

The World Table Tennis Championships runs through to Sunday, May 30 in the Russian Capital of Moscow.