Offiong qualifies, Oshonaike, Omotayo out The Punch
Published 25 July 2021
Nigeria’s Edem Offiong advanced to the second round of the women’s singles event of the 2020 Olympic Games with an emphatic 4-1 win over Hungary’s Dora Madarasz at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday.
Offiong, ranked 123 in the world, showed her dominance in the encounter beating the Hungarian 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4 to book a spot in the second round, where she will battle American Lily Zhang, who is ranked 31 in the latest ITTF rankings.
The Nigerian is making her third appearance at the Olympics after previously featuring at the 2012 and 2016 editions. The win is the second in her Olympics career after previously beating Fiji’s Sally Yee at the 2012 edition.
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