Tokyo 2020: Aruna falls to Brazil’s Tsuboi in table-tennis men’s singles
Team Nigeria continued its poor run in the table tennis event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics games after Aruna Quadri suffered a defeat in the men’s single Tuesday morning.
The Nigerian lost 4-2 to Brazil’s Gustavo Tsuboi in the third round and has been eliminated from the game.
Quadri who reached the last eight of the 2016 edition in Rio took the first set 15-13, but Tsuboi fought back to win the next two sets 11-9, 11-6.
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Aruna responded and won the fourth game 11-7, but fell short in the final two sets as Tsuboi sealed passage into the next round with 11-7 and 11-6 victory.
Aruna has now followed his compatriot Olajide Omotayo, Funke Oshonaike, and Offiong Edem out of the competition.