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Mati is ranked 75th in the world and was impressive at the concluded Durban 2023 World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) in South Africa.
The vice president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Wahid Oshodi believes has tipped Nigerians to go for victory for the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Lagos.
Pulse Sports reported that Nigeria welcomes the WTT Series to its shores for the first time from June 12-18 inside the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium.
Thanks to the participation of adolescent sensations Taiwo Mati and Olajide Omotayo at the WTT Contender Lagos 2023, Nigerian fans won't be missing great player Quadri Aruna.
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Wahid Oshodi tips Taiwo Mati, and others for victory at WTT Contender Lagos
Oshodi said it is time for the young generation of Nigerian stars to go for victories.
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The sports administrator said he’s counting on 18-year-old Mati.
He said, “I have been away for a while with ITTF business and I’m coming home with pride. I just come back from Durban and a Nigerian in the Top 30, and he is a young Nigerian. He is not the usual name; Taiwo Mati. I think that I said five, six years ago that this is a big star of the future, and now he’s proving me right.
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The 18-year-old Taiwo Mati, stood firm as he trailed 4-3 to Lam Siu Hang from Hong Kong.
"I expect that Mati and Olajide Omotayo, the national number 2 will put on a strong front in Lagos. The fans love him and this is his chance to go for glory. Born and bred in Shomolu here, this is his time. Of course, Taiwo Mati again, I keep coming back to that young man it’s time for the next generation.”
Mati is ranked 75th in the world and was impressive at the concluded Durban 2023 World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) in South Africa.
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Recall that Mati reached the round of 32 before he lost all four sets 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 to world number 12 North Korea’s Jang Woojin in the round of 32.
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