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World Squash Championship: Team Nigeria secures first win against Korea

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It was Nigeria’s first win at the ongoing World’s Team Championship taking place in Washington DC when Nigeria defeated Republic of Korea 2-0 in the round robin phase.

Team Nigeria-Team-Korea

At the 26th edition of the championship, Nigeria seeded 23 surpassed Korea seeded 22 at the Squash on Fire court in US.

In the first tie of the round robin phase for the 21-23 bracket, Nigeria took the early lead over the Korea, as Sodiq Oluwatobi Taiwo got the better of Se Hyun Lee.

After winning the first game comfortably, Taiwo then saw the Korean fight back to take the second and tie the match. However, the Nigerian No.2 had enough to regain control and win it 3-1.

Babatunde Ajagbe secured Nigeria’s first victory of the 2019 Men’s World Team Championships as he came back from two games down to defeat Youngjo Ko.

Ajagbe fell two games behind after some great squash from the Korean saw him win 11-6, 11-8, but the Nigerian fought back.

The World No.167 won the next three games, including saving several match balls in the fourth game before taking it on a tie-break, to give Nigeria a 2-0 lead, and their first win in the tournament.

The President Nigeria Squash Federation(NSF), Boye Oyerinde expressed his thoughts towards the win against Korea stating that, “I am pleased with way the guys have been playing – most of the matches have been close.”

Results:
Sodiq Oluwatobi Taiwo (NGR) bt Se Hyun Lee (KOR) 3-1: 11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7 (37m)

Babatunde Ajagbe (NGR) bt Youngjo Ko (KOR) 3-2: 6-11, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-8 (52m)

Chang-Wook Woo (GER) bt Ehimen Ehalen (NGR) 3-0: 11-8, 14-12, 12-10 (31m)

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