Nigeria, March 8 -- Team Nigeria's quest for their first gold medal at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana suffered a double blow on Friday.

The country's table tennis stars succumbed to the superior firepower of their Egyptian counterparts; losing in the finals of the men's and women's team events.

While the North African nation spectacularly defended their team titles at the Accra International Conference Centre, Team Nigeria settled for the silver medals like they did during the last edition of the African Games in Morocco.

In the men's final, Omar Assar, Youssef Abdelaziz, and Mohamed El-Beiali maintained their perfect record, overcoming the Nigerian trio of Olajide Omotayo, Quadri Aruna, and Taiwo Mati.

Assar opened the match ...