Table Tennis
The two Tunisian women were both ranked outside the world top 500, and were large underdogs in their matches, and neither managed to get a set closer than 11-7. They had better luck when teamed together for the doubles, drawing another unheralded North African team and beating them before falling in the second round to a Taiwanese pair.
Women's Singles:
- Nesrine Ben Kahia
- Round 1: Lost to Silvija Erdelji of Serbia and Montenegro (3 - 11, 1 - 11, 3 - 11, 7 - 11)
- Olfa Guenni
- Round 1: Lost to Petra Cada of Canada (4 - 11, 7 - 11, 4 - 11, 7 - 11)
Women's Doubles:
- Nesrine Ben Kahia and Olfa Guenni
- Round 1: Defeated Asma Menaifi and Souad Nechab of Algeria (11 - 9, 11 - 7, 11 - 5, 9 - 11, 8 - 11, 11 - 8)
- Round 2: Lost to Huang I-Hua and Lu Yun-Feng of Chinese Taipei (4 - 11, 4 - 11, 6 - 11, 4 - 11)
Read more about this topic: Tunisia At The 2004 Summer Olympics
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