Tokyo Paralympics : Nigeria records first win in table tennis

Nigeria’s Tajundeen  Agunbiade  defeated  Yi Qing Zhao of China 3-2 to record first win in the table tennis event of the ongoing 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo .  Agunbiade  on Thursday defeated  Yi Qing Zhao of China 3-2 (11-7 11-5  7-11 6-11 11-5 ) in Group B Class 9 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Isau Ogunkunle lost 3-2 Maxime Thomas of France  in their group Class 4. He lost 11-8 5-11 13-11 6-11 7-11 in a group F of e men’s singles Class 4.Olufemi Alabi lost  0-3 (9-11 8-11 6-11) to Joel Coughlan of  Australia in a Class 10 Group C actionFaith Obazuaye also lost 0-3 (6-11 5-11 9-11)  to  Xiaojing Zhao of China in women’s singles in class 10 Group COgunkunle Isau in his second game went on to  lose 1-3 (7-11 7-11 11-7 9-11)  to Mohammed Saleh in  Egypt in class 4 Group C

Our correspondent reports that the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics which started on Aug. 24 is expected to Sept. 5.