Lagos ITTF Tour: Injury stops defending champion

Women’s singles defending champion of the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour tagged Lagos Open, Egypt’s Nadeen El-Dawlatly, will not feature in this year’s edition due to injury, an official has confirmed.
According to the President, Egypt Table Tennis Federation, Alaa Meshref, El- Dawalatly has
been advised by her doctor to rest as she is undergoing treatment on her knee.
“She (El-Dawlatly) had a knee problem and you could see her knee wrapped in Kuwait Open on ITTV. She is under treatment and her doctor recommended that she should have a period of rest and then play gradually.
The doctor did not approve her trip to Lagos in order not to start aggressively before she is totally ready and free of pain,” the ETTF boss said. He added: “The schedule provided by her doctor would her to be ready by the Spanish Open.”
Meshref, whose daughter, Dina won the last ITTF Africa Senior Championships however, promised that the North Africans would present a formidable team for the Lagos Open.

“Egypt is coming with many good players and I am sure the fans in Lagos will enjoy the competition,” he said. The tournament will serve off on March 10 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria.