Nigeria's Aruna Quadri defeats rival Omar Assar to reclaim African Title

Nigeria's Aruna Quadri has won the 2022 African Table Tennis Championship after an incredible final encounter against Omar Assar.

Quadri defeated his Egyptian rival 4-3 in the keenly contested and entertaining final at the Senior Table Tennis competition in Algeria.

In what was the third consecutive final between two of Africa's best players in the men's singles, it was Quadri who smiled home with the big prize.

He had to dig deep against the defending champion, however, to reclaim the title he last won four years ago.

Three years after he lost the crown to the Egyptian player, Aruna is back as the king of table tennis in Africa after an outstanding performance on Friday afternoon. 

Egypt's superstar, Assar, looked home and dry after a shaky start from Aruna handed him a comfortable 2-0 lead.

But Aruna pulled back a set in the third set to make it 2-1 before Assar restored his two-set lead in the fourth set.

With three sets to go, Aruna turned things around to win 11-7, 13-11 and 14-12 to win spectacularly.