Rio Olympics: Aruna Quadri Humbles Slovakia’s Wang To Progress In Table Tennis

Aruna Quadri on Sunday restored Nigeria’s hope in the table tennis event of Rio Olympic Games after beating Slovakia’s Yang Wang 4-1 in the men’s singles.
An elated Quadri said after the match: “In the Olympic first match to play Wang Yang was really so very difficult. You can never be sure, I find it difficult to read the spin on the ball when he defends and I made mistakes; then of course sometimes he will attack. It is difficult to really feel settled against him. I made mistakes; then of course sometimes he will attack with his forehand. I have played him twice before and both times I lost and I am happy I won the match.”
On Monday, Aruna Quadri is expected to battle against world number seven, Chinese Taipei’s Chih-Yuan Chuang in the third round match of the men’s singles.
However, Egypt’s Omar Assar met his waterloo as the former African champion surrendered a 3-1 lead to lose 4-3 to Ukraine’s Lei Kou in the second round match of the men’s singles.