Adesokan (Africa’s No. 1
one female player), Opeyori (Africa’s No.2 one male player) and Nigeria’s second-best
men’s player, Olofua, will all play in the Singles event. Opeyori and Olofua
will also do battle in the Men’s Doubles.
The tournament serves off
on Thursday but Nigerian trio will join the action on Friday in the main draws
in the round of 32. The competition will end on Sunday.
After the Cairo tournament,
the Nigerian stars will move to Algiers to take part in the 2019 Algeria
International Championships holding from Oct. 24 to Oct. 27 after which they
will return home.
The quest continues with a
tight and physically demanding schedule in Cameroon International from Nov.14
to Nov.17, and the Scottish Open Nov. 20 Nov. to 24.
Zambian International holds
from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 and a host of other meets in South Africa, Italy, and
Sweden among others.
According to the Badminton
Federation of Nigeria (BFN), this drive is to ensure that the players garner as
much ranking points as possible to stay in contention for the race for the 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
The players, who have
expressed preparedness for the rigorous and demanding tasks ahead, have assured
the BFN of their determination to give their best at the tournaments.
Opeyori said that they were
ready for the task ahead while commending the BFN for believing in the players
to deliver the goods. He added that playing and doing well in many tournaments
would help them to garner enough points to hopefully make it to Tokyo.
“I am hopeful that the three
of us will make it to Tokyo. We are prepared for the task ahead and we have
trained hard. All we need do is to give our best at these tournaments,’’
Opeyori said.
The BFN is leaving no stone
unturned in the all-important mission of securing spots in the Tokyo Olympics.
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