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2006 Women under 21
African Nations Championship-
Day one
The Favorites Tunisia and Egypt achieved first victories
 Alexandria,
Egypt, September 16-: Two of the big favorites Tunisia and Egypt
achieved both their first victories in the opening day of the
eleventh 2006 Women’s Under 20 African Nations Championship at
Union club hall in Alexandria, Egypt. The organizers defeated
Seychelles while Tunisia had a harder victory over the solid
Nigeria. The winner of the competition will secure the 2007
World Championship vacancy of this age category.
The organizers and defending champions Egypt swept the new
comers Seychelles 3-0 (25-11, 25-9, 25-16) in less than an hour.
The winners used the skillful setting by the setter Sama and
here colleagues Hagar Badr in the centre blockand Marwa Yassin
in the wing spiker. Tunisia was superior in net actions when
they beat Nigeria 3-1 (25-23, 2426, 25-13, 25-13) in an exciting
match lasting 91 minutes. The first two sets were very
competitive when Nigeria used their solid block to stop the
strong Tunisian hits to reach to 1-1 in sets before Tunisia were
superior
 in
the third and fourth sets to win the match 3-1.Competition day
two will feature two very competitive matches as Egypt meets
Nigeria in a repeated final of the last competition, while
Tunisia plays Senegal.
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