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German Table Tennis sensation, Dimitrij, rues loss to Qihao

Posted : 19 June 2023
In an excruciating match on Sunday, the European Champion, Ovtcharov Dimitrij of Germany, lost out to Zhou Qihao of China in the finals of the Men’s Singles of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Series in Lagos.

Africa Sport Network (ASN) reports that the 5-days WTT Contender series was held at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere Lagos for the first time in history.

The WTT attracted about 141 ping pongers across the globe, where they competed for the 400 points at stake.

However, Dimitrij who had almost all the Lagos fans behind him defined his WTT Contender Series experience in Lagos as fantastic.

"I am really happy to make it to the finals here. It was an incredible experience and I can't forget.

"When players got so much support from the audience, we could really see that the table tennis fans in Lagos are real sports fans. 

"I received incredible support and it means a lot, and we really enjoyed playing here in this venue. It was great.

"Making it to the final, of course, was a great run. Pity I couldn't pick up my game today, I think I had great chances in the first set. 

"I was up 7-5, and there were two relatively easy balls which I didn't lob home. 

"The momentum was shifting there. I started to play worse and he started to play better. 

"Then, I was coming back, but at the end, I came short. My opponent played really well today and deserved the victory, but I take lots of positive stuff here away from this event.

"I will build on that. I am excited already to come back next year.

"Next week, I am going to Poland. We are playing the European games there and it is a very big event, representing Germany," he said.

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