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African Championships 2021

1 to 7 September 2021Yaoundé, Cameroon

Champions

Women's singles champion

Mariam Alhodaby

Beat Hana Goda 4-3 in the final14-12, 5-11, 7-11, 11-13, 11-6, 13-11, 11-6

Men's singles champion

Omar Assar

Beat Quadri Aruna 4-1 in the final13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4

Women's doubles champions

Farah Abdel-Aziz / Yousra Helmy

Beat Cecilia Akpan / Offiong Edem 4-3 in the final11-8, 4-11, 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9

Men's doubles champions

Bode Abiodun / Quadri Aruna

Beat Ahmed Saleh / Khalid Assar 4-2 in the final6-11, 11-9, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6

Mixed doubles champions

Omar Assar / Dina Meshref

Beat Yousra Helmy / Khalid Assar 4-0 in the final11-6, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8

Women's team champions

Egypt

Beat Nigeria 3-0 in the final

Men's team champions

Egypt

Beat Nigeria 3-2 in the final

How it was won

Egypt won six of the seven titles in Yaoundé. Omar Assar beat Nigeria's Quadri Aruna 4-1 in the men's singles final, and Mariam Alhodaby came from 3-1 down to beat her teammate Hana Goda 4-3 in the women's. Egypt beat Nigeria in both team finals, 3-2 in the men's and 3-0 in the women's.

Assar also won the mixed doubles with Dina Meshref, and Farah Abdel-Aziz and Yousra Helmy won the women's doubles 4-3 against Nigeria's Cecilia Akpan and Offiong Edem. Nigeria's one title came in the men's doubles, where Aruna and Bode Abiodun beat Ahmed Saleh and Khalid Assar 4-2.

Matches

    The matches for this day appear here once WTT publishes the order of play, usually the evening before.

    Times are UK time. Times are approximate: matches can start late or run over, so a match may not have started when its time passes. Tap a played match for point by point. Order of play and results from World Table Tennis.

    The draw

    Seeds shown in grey. Times are UK time. Times are approximate. Scroll sideways to follow each round.

    Last 64

    Dina MeshrefEGY
    ByeBYE
    Chancia Cynthia LimaBEN1
    Ashfani HosenallyMRI4
    3Abosede OdusanyaNGR4
    Mbock Juliana Yvana SharonCMR0
    ByeBYE0
    Danisha PatelRSA4
    Fatimo BelloNGR4
    Thomie MossembaCGO0
    Harriet NtumnyuyCMR2
    Maram ZoghlamiTUN4
    4Lydia SeteyKEN1
    Flavia AmaniyoUGA4
    ByeBYE0
    Lynda LoghraibiALG4
    Olufunke OshonaikeNGR4
    ByeBYE0
    Marianne Hillary Djike TchuinkamCMR0
    Hiba FeredjALG4
    5Compell Amadi JemmyKEN0
    1Hana GodaEGY4
    Ayoko Fanida AmahTOG4
    Ira BokockouCGO0
    Nandeshwaree JalimMRI4
    ByeBYE0
    ByeBYE0
    2Lea HoungueCIV4
    Abir Haj SalahTUN4
    Marlyse G Bangaye Guelingo MailletCAF0
    ByeBYE0
    Farah Abdel-AzizEGY4
    Offiong EdemNGR4
    ByeBYE0
    Khanyisile MadlalaRSA4
    6Doreen JumaKEN1
    Marwa AlhodabyEGY4
    Saurelle GuimfackCMR0
    Princia MbariCAF0
    Oumehani HosenallyMRI4
    Mariam AlhodabyEGY4
    Essevoh Mireille LebaCIV0
    Bukola AjayiNGR4
    Beria Francelle GamagoCGO0
    Rita NakhumitsaUGA4
    BOBGA Boghuma KahlihCMR0
    ByeBYE0
    Katia KessaciALG4
    Fadwa GarciTUN4
    ByeBYE0
    Tshepang MotlhalammeBOT1
    8Cynthia KwabiGHA4
    Nasimuyu Wele LisaKEN4
    Mewambe Kouontchou Jasmine KevineCMR1
    Florence SeeraUGA0
    Cecilia AkpanNGR4
    Widad NouariALG4
    ByeBYE0
    Beatrice Enjema IkomeCMR4
    Jolie Mafuta-IvosoCGO0
    7Glory Akeel PamelaKEN0
    Zodwa MaphangaRSA4
    ByeBYE0
    Yousra HelmyEGY4

    Last 32

    Dina MeshrefEGY4
    Ashfani HosenallyMRI0
    3Abosede OdusanyaNGR4
    Danisha PatelRSA0
    Fatimo BelloNGR2
    Maram ZoghlamiTUN4
    Flavia AmaniyoUGA0
    Lynda LoghraibiALG4
    Olufunke OshonaikeNGR4
    Hiba FeredjALG1
    1Hana GodaEGY4
    Ayoko Fanida AmahTOG0
    Nandeshwaree JalimMRI4
    2Lea HoungueCIV2
    Abir Haj SalahTUN1
    Farah Abdel-AzizEGY4
    Offiong EdemNGR4
    Khanyisile MadlalaRSA0
    Marwa AlhodabyEGY4
    Oumehani HosenallyMRI1
    Mariam AlhodabyEGY4
    Bukola AjayiNGR2
    Rita NakhumitsaUGA0
    Katia KessaciALG4
    Fadwa GarciTUN4
    8Cynthia KwabiGHA0
    Nasimuyu Wele LisaKEN0
    Cecilia AkpanNGR4
    Widad NouariALG4
    Beatrice Enjema IkomeCMR0
    Zodwa MaphangaRSA0
    Yousra HelmyEGY4

    Last 16

    Dina MeshrefEGY4
    3Abosede OdusanyaNGR0
    Maram ZoghlamiTUN4
    Lynda LoghraibiALG3
    Olufunke OshonaikeNGR0
    1Hana GodaEGY4
    Nandeshwaree JalimMRI0
    Farah Abdel-AzizEGY4
    Offiong EdemNGR4
    Marwa AlhodabyEGY3
    Mariam AlhodabyEGY4
    Katia KessaciALG0
    Fadwa GarciTUN4
    Cecilia AkpanNGR3
    Widad NouariALG0
    Yousra HelmyEGY4

    Quarter-finals

    Dina MeshrefEGY4
    Maram ZoghlamiTUN0
    1Hana GodaEGY4
    Farah Abdel-AzizEGY2
    Offiong EdemNGR3
    Mariam AlhodabyEGY4
    Fadwa GarciTUN0
    Yousra HelmyEGY4

    Semi-finals

    Dina MeshrefEGY2
    1Hana GodaEGY4
    Mariam AlhodabyEGY4
    Yousra HelmyEGY2

    Final

    1Hana GodaEGY3
    Mariam AlhodabyEGY4

    Official draw from World Table Tennis, updated 10 November, 15:09.