#Rio2016:World Number 1, Ma Long Knocks Out Nigeria’s Haruna Quadri

By Mojisola Delano On Aug 10, 2016

Nigeria, and even Africa’s hopes of winning its first men’s singles table tennis Olympic medal through Aruna Quadri was dashed on Tuesday night at the Riocetnro Pavilion 3.

The Nigerian star had stopped some big names on his way to the quarter-finals, but reaching the semi-finals became a step too far as he came up against world No.1 Ma Long on Tuesday.

The Chinese superstar was too quick and too sharp for Quadri, beating the Nigerian in four sets.

Quadri started brightly, sharing the first four points with Long 2-2, but from that point on it was the Chinese all the way.

The match ended 11-4, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 and was quickly over in just 28 minutes.

Good effort Quadri, Go team Nigeria go!

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Ahmed says 8 years ago

Sad one…but Aruna still deserves some credit for getting that far.

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