Following the qualification of the trio of Olufunke Oshonaike, Olajide Omotayo and Offiong Edem for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Ishaku Tikon, has said the sport in its usual nature has justified its status among all sports in Nigeria.
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Meanwhile, Aruna Quadri, the world number 18 ranked player, was forced to withdraw from his last qualification match against Hman Adam of Tunisia in the men’s singles due to a recurring thigh injury
For the first time in the last two editions, the defending champion of the men’s singles will not be playing in the final of the 2020 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup after Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri beat defending champion, Egypt’s Omar Assar, 4-3 in the semifinal on Tuesday in Tunis.
Highest-ranked African player Quadri Aruna, Olajide Omotayo and Offiong Edem on Monday all won their first games at the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation Africa Top 16 Cup in Tunis.
After hobnobbing with the heavyweights in several major competitions, Sami Kherouf alongside Mohamed Boudjadja at the 2019 African Games became the first set of Algerian players to win gold medal at the multi-sports tournament.
Few months to his exit from Sporting, Aruna Quadri continued to improve his global status as the Nigerian was instrumental to the Portuguese team’s smooth progress to the semifinal of the European Table Tennis Union Cup.
The management of German Club, TTC RhönSprudel Maberzell Fulda, has said they signed up Aruna Quadri following his exploits across the globe, particularly with his performance against German sports hero, Timo Boll, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has teamed with a top club in the German Bundesliga Table Tennis league after the world number 18 was unveiled on Monday by the management of the club led by its President, Stefan Frauenholz.
The table tennis continental ruling body, African Table Tennis Federation, has named the 32 contestants that will battle for honours at the 2020 Top 16 Cup holding in Tunis later this month.
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 two best players in Africa – Aruna Quadri of Nigeria and Omar Assar of Egypt – will be leading the continent’s contingent to the first ITTF World Tour in 2020 – German Open — holding at GETEC Arena in Magdeburg on from January 28 to February 2, 2020.
Having ended 2019 as 20th ranked player in the world, Aruna Quadri has started the New Year as the 18th world best player following the release of the January 2020 ranking by the International Table Tennis Federation.
Unfavoured Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo conquered three of the best players in Africa to be crowed the champion to come out of the continent.
The Nigerian produced one of the biggest upsets in the whole tournament, beating Japanese star Jun Mizutani in a seven-game epic
He trailed 1-2, but Quadri, well known for his comebacks and fighting spirit, shone through on this occasion, saving two game points in game four before going on to recover from 4-9 down to win game five 11-9
ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open champion, Aruna Quadri, may miss the forthcoming All Africa Games in Morocco due to injury.
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has retained the singles title of the just concluded 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open held at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
Tournament’s number one seed, Aruna Quadri of Nigeria, wriggled himself out of an early shock exit in the second round of the championship on Friday, which loomed over him as he rallied from behind to beat Belgian teenager, Devos Lauren, 4-3 in the men’s singles of the 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open.
Top seed and defending champion, Aruna Quadri, settled for the bronze medal at the just ended 2019 Africa Cup at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslism Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Monday.
From the knockout draw conducted on Saturday, number one seed, Aruna Quadri of Nigeria, may slug it out with Egypt’s Omar Assar in the semifinal of the men’s singles at the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup holding at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.