There were 13 match losses for Nigerian players on Day 2 as while 48th-ranked Anders Lund proved that experience counts
Contender Lagos, 34 games were played over all four tables. Players demonstrated why they deserved to advance to the second qualifying round in the men’s and women’s singles and doubles events.
A few Nigerians showed glimpses of promise here and there but lacked the ruthlessness to see off the opposition, which returned to haunt them. This was also the case for 200th-ranked 21-year-old Amadi Omeh, who led the first set 11-8 against France’s Vincent Picard, ranked 177, but lost the second and third sets narrowly, 10-12, 4-11. He claimed the fourth set 11-8, but he lost his cool in the last set, losing 2-11, ending the match 3-2 in favour of the French player.
Special mention to 17-year-old AbdulbasiAbdulfatai, who, despite holding his own for most parts of the game, couldn’t get one over No. 144 ranked Hugo Deschamps of France. “Being my first time in Lagos, my experience overall is okay, and the people are very polite and friendly,” Lund added.
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