African top table tennis star, Aruna Quadri, has sailed through to the main draw at the ongoing ITTF World Tour 2020 German Open at GETEC Arena in Magdeburg.
The Nigerian lad continued from where he left it in the third round of preliminary with an out-of-this-world performance against Czech Republic’s Pavel Sirucek in the fourth round of preliminary to confirm his place in the elite stage of the tournament.
To ascertain his place in the elite stage (main draw) of the men’s singles as the only surviving African in the competition, Quadri defeated the Czech by 11-3, 5-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.
Earlier in the day, the Nigerian produced a dramatic comeback from a 3-0 loss to trump 4-3 against Finland’s Olah Benedek in the third round of preliminary.
Quadri, ranked 18th, will slug it out with the top seeded 16 players in the main draw, which serves off on Thursday.
His compatriots, Segun Toriola, Olajide Omotayo, and 2019 ITTF Africa Cup Champion, Omar Assar of Egypt, have all crashed out of the competition.
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