Aruna Quadri has been knocked out from table tennis men’s singles events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The Team Nigeria captain to lost 4-2 (15-13, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11) to Brazilian, Gustavo Tsuboi in a keenly fought contest.
With his defeat, all Nigeria’s representatives in table tennis have been knocked out from the Olympics.
Recall that few days back, Olufunke Oshonaike, a seventh time Olympian, lost 4-1 to American Juan Liu in the preliminary round of women’s singles of the table tennis event.
Despite starting well against the Chinese-born American, Oshonaike could not meet up with the speed of her left-handed opponent to bow out to become the first Nigerian to exit in the table tennis event.
Offiong Edem also lost 4-1 (15-13, 11-2, 11-2, 11-8, 11-6) to the firepower of Lily Zhang of U. S. in the second round of the table tennis women singles event on Monday.
