Other Events | 12 Aug 2018

Quadri ARUNA champion, Antoine HACHARD runner-up

Photo: FFTT_JulienCrosnier

The 2018 ITTF Challenge, Seamaster Nigeria Open in Lagos (August 8-12)

 

The best Nigerian player and No. 1 seed Quadri ARUNA won ITTF Challenge, Seamaster Nigeria Open for the very first time, prevailing against France`s Antoine HACHARD(No. 16) in six games of the Men`s Singles. It was a great pleasure for the fans at the event concluded today, August 12th, in Lagos.

 

Both finalists won their semi-final encounters in straight games: ARUNA vs. Thailand`s Supanut WISUTMAYTHANGKOON, HACHARD vs. Scotland`s Gavin RUMGAY. Frenchman led after first three sets of the gold medal contest, but the 2015 runne-up responded by three games in a row.

 

It was successful day for French players, as Alexandre ROBINOT and Joe SEYFRIED secured gold in the Men`s Doubles event. They prevailed against Tamas LAKATOS (Hungary) and Benedek OLAH (Finland) 3:1 (11:3, 11:7, 5:11, 11:6).

 

Men`s Singles

Semi-finals

Quadri ARUNA (No. 1 seed, Nigeria) – Supanut WISUTMAYTHANGKOON (No. 10, Thailand) 4:0 (11:9, 14:12, 11:9, 11:8)

Gavin RUMGAY (No. 9, Scotland) – Antoine HACHARD (No. 16, France) 0:4 (8:11, 6:11, 4:11, 7:11)

Final

Quadri ARUNA (Nigeria) – Antoine HACHARD (France) 4:2 (11:13, 11:3, 8:11, 11:7, 11:5, 11:7)

 

 

Women`s Singles

Semi-finals

WEI Wensheng (China) – GUO Yan (China, 1997) 0:4 (4:11, 9:11, 12:14, 4:11)

SUN Chen (China) – FAN Siqi (China) 4:3 (8:11, 9:11, 4:11, 11:8, 11:3, 11:8, 11:6)

Final

GUO Yan (China) - SUN Chen (China) 4:3 (7:11, 11:6, 11:5, 7:11, 9:11, 11:4, 12:10)

 

Men`s Doubles final

Alexandre ROBINOT/Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Tamas LAKATOS (Hungary)/Benedek OLAH (Finland) 3:1 (11:3, 11:7, 5:11, 11:6)

 

Women`s Doubles final

QI Fenjie/SUN Chen (China) – FAN Siqi/GUO Yan (China) 0:3 (3:11, 4:11, 6:11)

 

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