The Mozambican team was dominant right from the start, offering no chances to the Algerians. The Mozambicans were winning 30-21 at the end of the first half, and the gap just widened during the rest of the match, until Mozambique ended 23 points ahead of Algeria.
In the second semi-final, the hitherto undefeated Angolan team lost to Nigeria by 62-56. The Nigerians took an early lead and finished the first half ten points ahead of the Angolans. The Angolan team clawed something back on the second half, but not enough to avoid defeat.
Mozambique now meets Nigeria for the final on Saturday night, while Angola meets Algeria to decide the bronze medal.
In Friday’s judo bouts, three Mozambicans went down to defeat. In the under 73 kilo category, Edson Madeira beat Keita Adama of Mali, but lost his bouts against Hussein Hafiz of Egypt, and Bernard Etoga of Cameroon.
In the under 81 kilo category, Leopoldo Tanque lost to Angolan Angelo Antonio and to Adam Hassane of Chad. In his second bout, Tanque suffered a serious injury, apparently a broken rib, and was taken to hospital.
In the women’s judo, in the under 57 kilo category, Ana Madivate lost to Raissa Edemie of Gabon and to Hortance Diedhiou of Senegal.
On the tennis court, the final of the men’s doubles was between two Nigerian pairs. Clifford Enosoregbe and Onyeka Mbanu won the gold, beating their compatriots, Candy Idoku and Lawal Shehu, by two sets to one (7-5, 1-6, 10-8).
In the women’s singles final, Tunisian Ons Jabeur beat Chanel Simmonds of South Africa. She lost the first set 4-6, took the second 6-1, and was winning the third 3-0 when Simmonds withdrew from the match.
In the women’s doubles, the Egyptian pair, Magy Aziz and Mayar Sherif, won the gold medal, beating Nour Abbes and Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in straight sets (6-4, 6-4).
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