The best table tennis player in Africa, Quadri Arunadefeated Japan’s Tomokazu Harimo, the world number four, 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Smash in Singapore.
The game was played in the early hours of Thursday morning, seeing the Nigerian defeat Japan in straight sets (11-7, 13-11, 11-7), in the round of 16 at the Infinity arena.
After losing three times to Japan in their previous meeting, Aruna fought hard to end his loss against Harimo, making him react via his Instagram handle after the game.
“Unbelievable”, Aruna write on Instagram with a photo of him screaming in excitement during the game.
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The WTT 14th ranked player previously defeated Germany’s Ruwen Filus 3-2 in the Round of 64 and France’s Alexis Lebrun 3-2 in the Round of 32.
Nigerians await the winner of the tie between Hugo Calderano of Brazil and Darko Jorgic of Slovenia for the quarter-finals on Saturday.
Aruna is the only African alive in the competition after the exit of the Egyptian quartet of Omar Assar, Dina Meshref, Hana Goda and Marian Alhodaby.
The tournament ends on Sunday.
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