In a statement signed by Khaled El-Salhy, ATTF President, the annual African Senior Championships, originally scheduled for May, are now planned for Wednesday 1st to Tuesday 7th September in Yaoundé, Cameroon. “I wish all table tennis friends and colleagues that you keep safe and stay healthy in the current circumstances due to the continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the third…

Currently the entry reads a total of 36 men and 40 women from which five men and four women will qualify. In each of the men’s singles and women’s singles events, the same format is followed with play taking place in a series of stages. The top four seeds gain immediate entry to the main draw, all remaining players compete…

On the opening day of play, in the second round of the men’s singles event, Jorge Campos had caused a major upset by beating Paraguay’s Marcelo Aguirre, the top seed (11-8, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7). A scintillating start but one day later it was agony, in the match to determine a Tokyo place he experienced defeat by the very narrowest of…

Competing against the odds, 10th seeds Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca Carrazana saw off higher seeded opposition for the fourth fixture in a row with Chilean no.5 seeds Juan Lamadrid and Paulina Vega feeling their wrath at the final hurdle (9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 14-12, 11-7). Responsible for the notable elimination of Argentine no.3 seeds Horacio Cifuentes and Camila Arguelles…