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2023 African Games: Nigeria’s Quadre beats Gabon’s Avome, advance into Q/finals

2023 African Games: Nigeria’s Quadre beats Gabon’s Avome, advance into Q/finals

Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre kept Nigeria’s hopes of a medal in the women’s tennis singles alive after overcoming Gabon’s Avome Ella Celestine 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets in the round of 16 at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. The 20-year-old, who is the highest ranked Nigerian in the WTA rankings, was too dominant for the Gabonese, as she powered her way into the quarter-finals...