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Aruna Quadri storms into semifinal of Bulgaria Open

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2019 0

Aruna Quadri stunned one of the most decorated Japanese stars in table tennis to reach the semfinal round of the ITTF World Tour tagged Bulgaria Open. Being the last quarterfinal match in the men’s singles, the Bulgaria fans were treated to an exciting moment as there was an unbelievable scenes

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Aruna Quadri retains Nigeria Open title, may miss African Games

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Africa’s highest-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has retained the Nigeria Open Men’s Singles title after defeating Austria’s Gardos Robert 4-2 on Sunday in Lagos. Quadri, ranked number 22 in the world, went on a thrilling six games decider (15-13, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-1) to defeat world ranked number 64, Gardos, at the Molade […]

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Aruna Quadri: I’m ready for battle

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2019

As the main draw of the singles event serves off today Tuesday April 23, Aruna Quadri believes he is ready to rock the boat against the world’s best at the ITTF World Championships holding in Budapest, Hungary. The Nigerian star is seeded 22 in the men’s singles and he is expected to confront a qualifier […]

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Jide Omotayo vows to continue working hard

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2019 0

Nigeria’s table tennis sensation Olajide Omotayo is now fifth best player on the continent following the release of March 2019 ITTF ranking released on Sunday. The Semifinalist at the 2018 ITTF African Championship has been having an impressive season on global stage , which proved catalyst in his movement from his previous position to the […]

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ITTF Ranking: Aruna Quadri ends 2018 as world number 26

Ihesiulo Grace 5 December 2018 0

Nigeria Table Tennis star Aruna Quadri will end 2018 in the top after dropping three places to 26th in the latest International Table Tennis Federation‘s ranking released on Monday. 2018 was an eventful year for the Oyo state born Quadri whoremains as Africa’s number one , he won the Nigeria open and stars in this […]

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Tikon assures on talent hunt by NTTF

Ihesiulo Grace 2 August 2017 0

Newly inaugurated President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Engr. Ishiaku Tikon, said that the target of his administration is to discover more table tennis stars like Aruna Quadri that will take the country’s ping pong game to the highest level, even as he commended the immediate past president of the body, Enitan Oshodi for […]