Nigeria’s Olufunke Oshonaike who is making her seventh Olympic Games appearance at Tokyo 2020 was humbled badly 1-4 by USA’s Juan Liul in the women’s table tennis event yesterday.
With the result, Oshonaike has crashed out and will be heading home in the next 48 hours. Liul won the first match 11-7.
The American went ahead to take the next two sets at 11-3 and 11-4 before Oshonaike fought back to win the fourth set at 13-11.
She lost the fifth set at 11-4.
Meanwhile, history was made at the table tennis competition on
Saturday when Syria’s 12-year-old Hend Zaza became the youngest Olympian in any sport since 1968 by competing in the Women’s Singles preliminary round for the first time.