Nigerian tennis star and Africa's No.1, Aruna Quadri has lived up to his high ratings after qualifying for the second round of the men's singles at the ongoing 2017 International Table Tennis Federations (ITTF) World Championship in Germany.
Quadri beat his Chilean opponent 4-0, to qualify.
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri confirmed his rating as Africa’s best by landing in the second round of the men’s singles at the ongoing 2017 International Table Tennis Federations (ITTF) World Championship in Germany.
Qaudri, mindful of his 2015 experience, wasted no time in dismissing his Chilean opponent Gustavo Gomez by 4-0 .
His compatriot and veteran table tennis player, Segun Toriola was shown the exit of the Germany championship, even as Funke Oshoniake equally lost out in the first round of the Women’s singles event.
Unlike Quadri, Egypt’s Assar was made to work harder for his victory against Italy’s Rech Daldosso Marco in an entertaining encounter. From 3-0 down, Assar had to recover to edge out the Italian 4-3 to confirm his place in the round of 64.
Another Egypt trio of Ahmed Saleh, Mohammed El-Beiali and El-Sayed Lashin were bundled out of the competition.
Source: The Sun (Nigeria)
