Youssef Abdelaziz and Hana Goda won the singles titles at the African Championships in Tangier, where Egypt filled all four places in the two finals. Abdelaziz beat his teammate Omar Assar 4-1 in the men's final, and Goda beat Dina Meshref 4-1 for her fourth African women's singles title in a row.

The championships ran from 18 to 25 October in Morocco, and Egyptian players won all five individual titles.

Goda's fourth in a row

Goda, 18, reached the final by beating Egypt's Hend Fathy 4-1, while Meshref beat her compatriot Mariam Alhodaby by the same score. With Fathy and Alhodaby taking bronze, Egypt won all four medals in the women's singles.

Goda and Meshref also won the women's doubles together.

Abdelaziz's treble

Abdelaziz had the best week of anyone in Tangier. As well as the singles, he won the men's doubles with Mohamed El-Beily and the mixed doubles with Alhodaby. Assar, 35, was the men's runner-up and the most experienced player in the final.

A perfect team final

Egypt's women won the team event earlier in the week without dropping a game in the final. Goda beat Tunisia's Maram Zoghlami 11-2, 11-1, 11-2, Meshref beat Ela Saidi 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 and Fathy completed the 3-0 win against Fadwa Garci 11-4, 11-5, 11-9. Egypt had beaten Morocco 3-0 in the semi-finals, and Tunisia had come through 3-1 against Algeria.

Champions

  • Men's singles: Youssef Abdelaziz (EGY) bt Omar Assar (EGY) 4-1
  • Women's singles: Hana Goda (EGY) bt Dina Meshref (EGY) 4-1
  • Men's doubles: Youssef Abdelaziz and Mohamed El-Beily (EGY)
  • Women's doubles: Hana Goda and Dina Meshref (EGY)
  • Mixed doubles: Youssef Abdelaziz and Mariam Alhodaby (EGY)
  • Women's team: Egypt bt Tunisia 3-0

Three of the finalists flew straight to France for WTT Champions Montpellier. Assar lost a five-game thriller to South Korea's An Jaehyun on Tuesday, leading 2-0 before An won the decider 13-11 after 52 minutes, the longest match of the opening day.

Goda and Meshref play on Wednesday, against two of China's strongest players. Goda, ranked 22nd and the youngest player in the women's draw, meets the world No 1 and top seed, Wang Manyu, at 12.10pm UK time. Meshref plays the defending champion, Wang Yidi, at 1.20pm. The day two preview has the full order of play.