The 13-year-old Abiodun is the son of the Nigeria international, Bode Abiodun, who is based in Portugal, put his name up in lights in the event.
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Nigeria’s Offiong Edem and Bode Abiodun worked their way into the main draw of the 2020 ITTF Challenge Plus Portugal Open after their stunning victories on Thursday in the preliminary round of the singles event.
Nigeria’s duo of Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun made it five Portuguese Cup title in a row at the weekend after their team, Sporting, beat GDCS Juncal 3-0 to retain the Portuguese Cup.
Since joining Sporting from GD Toledos in 2015, Quadri has remained unbeaten in the league winning all the three titles at stake per season for the Lisbon-based club.
After losing earlier to the same side at the event’s group stage, the trio of Aruna Quadri, Olajide Omotayo and Bode Abiodun appeared unfit to break down their opponents.
Former African champion Quadri, defeated Ibrahim Gunduz 3-1 (11-7,5-11,11-4,11-6) in the first match of the championship in Halmstad, Sweden, to give Nigeria a 1-0 lead over Turkey.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the duo Quadri and Abiodun were part of Nigeria’s male table tennis team that won the country’s first medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Monday.
The trio of Olajide Omotayo, Bode Abiodun, and Segun Toriola, earned Silver for Nigeria after they lost in the finals 0-3 to India’s Sharath Achanta, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Harmeet Desai.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that that Nigerian team had earlier defeated Belize 3-0 and Malaysia 3-1 respectively in their group games on Thursday.
With Quadri playing a crucial role in the victory, Sporting as the first Portuguese team to feature and make it to the quarterfinal of the Champions League, is one match away from making history in Europe
The fans were indeed treated to exciting match, but after the encounter, the fans were disappointed that Quadri could not go beyond the last 16 after he suffered a surprising 4-2 defeat in the hand of Abiodun.