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Youssef Abdelaziz wins first African table tennis singles title
October 26, 2026 at 03:35 AM
Egyptian Youssef Abdelaziz beat defending champion Omar Assar 4-1 to claim the African men's singles table tennis title in Tangier, Morocco.
- Abdelaziz won the final 4-1, with set scores of 12-10, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8.
- The victory avenged Abdelaziz's 3-4 loss to Assar in the previous edition's final.
- Abdelaziz also took mixed doubles gold with Mariam El-Hodaby, beating Badr Mostafa and Farida El-Badawy in an all-Egyptian final.
- Egypt's men's and women's teams won the team titles, beating Algeria 3-2 and Tunisia 3-0 respectively.