Muiz Adegoke is thrilled to have won his first men’s singles title at the 54th Molade Okoya-Thomas Table Tennis Championships.
Adegoke defeated David Fayele 4-2 (11-7, 15-13, 11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-6) in the final to be crowned the new champion.
He had earlier ousted former champion Rilwan Akanbi 4-2 to qualify for consecutive final.
Adegoke reached the final of the 2021 edition but did not play due to his academic engagement.
“I was supposed to play in the final last year, but I couldn’t, so I’m really excited to win my first senior title at the Molade Okoya-Thomas championship this year,” Adegoke told Tidesports source.
“I attended my first National Sports Festival this year and that really helped me to develop and I hope to play in this tournament next year and win again,” an elated Adegoke said.
Also, Bose Odusanya extended her unbeaten run in the women’s singles after she emerged champion.
Odusanya’s dominance remains unabated as she showed her superiority in the final against Anu Anjuwon in a one-sided encounter which she won 4-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6).
For Odusanya, her triumph has been attributed to hard work.
“I’m very grateful to God for winning this tournament eight times; it’s not by my power and for even playing in this year’s tournament because I’m not feeling fine.
“Winning the tournament in the last eight doesn’t mean there’s no competition for me in Lagos because I know that other players are training very hard but for me, I always set my goal very high and put God first.”
“So, I believe it’s God that help me to win this tournament every year. For now, I’m not focusing on playing competitive,” she said.