Nigeria’s Table Tennis star, Offiong Edem, has become the first Nigerian to win the European Cup Women’s Table Tennis Title.
The 36-year-old Nigeria’s second-ranked table tennis star won the first European title for the ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari club.
Offiong, who is presently rated 142nd in the world, was overjoyed to assist her Italian Quattro Mori Cagliari in their historic victory over the Hungarian SH ITB Budaorsi Sports Club in the two-leg final in Budapest.
A 3-2 victory in the first match and a 3-0 victory in the second match are reported as the Italian team’s victories in both legs.
The history maker recovered from an opening set defeat to beat Maria Fazekas 3-1 (5-11, 10-12, 7-11, 7-11) in the second leg after she had thrashed the Hungarian 3-0 (6-11, 6-11, 8-11) in the first leg.
–Pulse
