Having led the Algerian girls team to overcome Nigeria at the last World Juniors, Hiba Feredj believes the West African giant and Egypt would not dominate the forthcoming ITTF African Junior Championship holding in Tunis come April.
The London-based Algerian teenager told SportingLife recently that with the quality of training coupled with the quality of the players, she is optimistic that they would make it to podium in Tunis.
“Yes of course Algeria can compete for the podium because we have done it once against Nigeria and Egypt, so we can do it again. After all anything is possible and with hard work comes great reward. As long as we work hard then we can do it,” Feredj said.
She, however, acknowledged the quality of Nigeria and Egypt which she said continue to improve but said that nothing is impossible in table tennis. “My target for this year’s African Junior Championships is to get as far as possible and hopefully win the competition. It will be good to win gold as well as do well in the team event as well. But overall I hope I play to my full potential and do well.”
Feredj made her debut for Algeria in 2015 and since then she has been an integral part of the junior and senior national teams of the North African nation.
Narrating her sojourn with the Algerian team, she said: “I am very happy and satisfied with my decision playing in the Algerian national team because at some point of my life I wanted to be able to play at international level and go out there to improve and compete at high level and now that I have had the opportunity to do that by playing with Algeria. I don’t regret that and will never regret my decisions I am very honoured to represent my national team.”