Nigeria’s Olufunke Oshonaike has taken a step closer to representing Africa at the Women’s World Cup to be staged in Markham, Toronto, later this year.

The veteran Table Tennis player defeated her opponent Katia Kessaci from Algeria (11-6, 11-5, 11-3, 11- on Sunday to advance to the last four of the 2017 ITTF-Africa Cup ongoing in Agadir, Morocco.

The other Nigeria’s representative at the ongoing event, Offiong Edem the 2011 African Games Champion suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Egyptian 4th seeded Farah Abdel-Aziz.

Offiong Edem who has never lost in a game to the Egyptian took the first game by winning 12-10 before losing the remaining games 8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 2-11 to record a 4-1 loss on Sunday.

Olufunke Oshonaike will now play Egypt’s Yousra Helmy in the semi-final, while Offiong Edem conqueror Farah Abdel-Aziz will play the defending champion Dina Meshref in the other semifinal.
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