Nigeria made light work of Kenya over two singles rubbers to clinch Bronze in the women’s team event at the African Games in Rabat on Friday.

Adesuwa Osabuohien and Oyinlomo Quadre led the charge and did not disappoint, with Osabuohein producing a solid display to beat Judith Muraa 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 44 minutes in the 1st singles rubber.

Quadre then took to court for the second singles rubber and kept to script, powering past Angela Okutoyi to record a comprehensive 6-2, 6-2 victory in 64 minutes.

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L-R: Oyinlomo Quadre, Aanu Aiyegbusi, Adesuwa Osabuohein and Blessing Samuel

On Friday, Nigeria were beaten by Morocco, but turned on a better performance today in their third-place place to dismiss the Kenyans and clinch Bronze.

Meanwhile, in the final, Egypt defeated Morocco in both singles’ rubbers to secure Gold.