An 11-year-old Nigerian boy identified as Musa Mustapha is the male under-11 world’s best table tennis player.
Speaking with BBC News Pidgin, the young boy said he started playing table tennis at the age of 9, adding table tennis gives him confidence.
The young boy said he wants to be an engineer when he grows up. Photo credit: @bbcnewspidgin Source: Instagram According to Musa, nothing has changed since he became a champion. He said people still treat him the same way they used to treat him.
“I started playing table tennis at the age of nine. My father did not know I normally play table tennis. But one day, he told us to escort him to table tennis hall and he started playing and he saw us playing.
He found us a coach and we started training and that was how it started.
" What he likes and dislikes about table tennis Musa said table tennis makes him happy and gives him confidence.
According to him, he also plays soccer, skating and other games. The young boy said what he doesn’t like about table tennis is when he loses to an opponent. He said he wants to be an engineer and the world’s table tennis champion when he grows up.
Source: LegitNg
