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**South Africa is at the moment internet hosting the 2023 ITTF World Desk Tennis Championships Finals in Durban, the primary time the occasion is being held in Africa in 84 years.
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The primary gamers to step out on Desk Primary have been South Africa’s very personal Dean Levy and Senegal’s Ibrahima Diaw.
The Senegalese star moved to the second spherical after dominating the courtroom and profitable the occasion opener over the native participant 4-0 in lower than 19 minutes.
The one different time the championship has taken place on African soil was within the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in 1939, the final main worldwide sporting occasion to happen earlier than the outbreak of World Warfare II.
Right now, the Egypt Cup donated that yr by King Farouk continues to be introduced on the match to the host nation of the subsequent World Championships, a logo of a world united round desk tennis.
