Oyinlomo Quadre came up short in her quarter-final encounter at the African Games in Rabat today, falling in straight sets to 27-year-old Chanel Simmonds of South Africa, who’s ranked 376 in the world.
Quadre, 16, had moved into the quarter-finals following sensational performances in the second and third rounds of the women’s singles, but just wasn’t able to contain her South African opponent, as she was beaten 6-2, 6-2.
Quadre and Simmonds shake hands after their encounter.
Quadre will be in doubles action today, alongside Adesuwa Osabuohein against Kenya’s Faith Omurunga and Alicia Owegi, with the Nigerian duo looking to book their place in the women’s doubles semifinals.
