Also, Aruna started his campaign at the ITTF World Cups Macao 2024 on a good note.
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The Nigerian women’s team lost their second group match to Slovakia.
Three other Nigerians who participated in the tournament could not make a podium finish.
Quadri Aruna is through to the 2023 World Tennis Tennis (WTT) Contender championship quarterfinals in Durban.
Aruna dropped from 14th to 15th in the latest world rankings released by the World Table Tennis, following unsuccessful outings in recent competitions.
Twenty-one-year-old Lin Yun-ju defeated Quadri Aruna 3-1 on Thursday morning.
Anton Kallberg of Sweden defeated Aruna 3-0 on Thursday.
Nigeria Table Tennis legend Quadri Aruna will face Sweden’s Anton Kallberg in his first game of the tournament.
Aruna’s record of 15 erases Egypt’s Omar Assar’s record of world number 16, set in January 2018.
Chimezie Metu has slammed sports minister Sunday Dare for humiliating the country’s athletes at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
