Assar's absence will affect us, admits Egypt.

Following the suspension of Omar assar by the Egypt table tennis federation, members of the team heading to the 2018 ITTF African championship believe the absence of the African single champion would surely affect the performance of the team in Mauritius. With the absence of Omar assar Nigerian aruna quadri has been seeded number one in the mens singles and with teams battling  for the Africa s sole slot for the 2019 world team cup in Tokyo egypts Mohammed El-beiali told sporting life that it is obvious that Omar assar absence would make the tie against Nigeria a difficult one.