With the exit of Christiana Alabi, Abiola Adesope, and Kayode Alabi from the desk tennis occasion of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games, Crew Nigeria’s medal hope now rests on Isau Ogunkunle towards Frenchman Maxime Thomas within the males’s Class 4 quarterfinals on Wednesday (right this moment), PUNCH Sports activities Additional experiences.
Three Nigerian gamers exited the medal race on Tuesday because the nation continues to wrestle within the occasion in Paris.
Within the males’s singles class 9, Abiola Adesope misplaced in straight set to his French opponent Lucas Didier by 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6) of their spherical of 16 match.
Christiana Alabi fought very arduous, significantly within the final two units of her match, however misplaced to her Chilean opponent Tamara Leonelli by 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 12-10) within the spherical of 16 as nicely.
Alabi’s husband, Kayode Alabi, additionally bowed out after dropping his quarter-final match towards Thailand’s Rungroj Thainiyom in school 6.
The Asian participant was too good for the Nigerian, successful the match 3-0 (7-11, 1-11, 6-11).
Nigeria’s marketing campaign had began badly final week, with early exits within the combined doubles.
Up to now, Nigeria’s solely medal on the Video games has been received by para-badminton participant Eniola Bolaji, who claimed bronze on Monday.
She made historical past as the primary African athlete to win a medal in para-badminton. She achieved the feat within the Girls’s Singles SL3 class, defeating her Ukrainian opponent, Oksana Kozyna, in straight units 2-0 (21-9, 21-9) to win Nigeria’s first Paralympics medal in Paris.
