Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has hit the end of the road at the 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, following a 4-0 loss to Hugo Calderano on Thursday, Afrosport reports. Aruna fell to Calderano in the fourth round at the Lusail Arena, with the Brazilian winning the contest 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 to progress to the quarterfinals following a dominant display. Calderano effectively neutralised Aruna’s powerful...
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, Africa’s only hope of a medal at the ongoing 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, will battle familiar foe Hugo Calderano in the fourth round of the men’s singles, Afrosport reports. The two cross-continental rivals will rekindle their rivalry at the Lusail Arena on Thursday, 22 May. Both players made history as the first players from Africa and South America to reach...
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna hit the end of the road at the Singapore Smash 2025 after losing 3-1 to Brazilian rival Hugo Calderano in the second round of the men’s singles, Afrosport reports. Aruna, who won the most recent meeting between the two stars, went into Wednesday’s game after overcoming South Korea’s Oh Jung-sun 3-1 in the first round. The Nigerian, however, was unable to replicate the...
The intense rivalry between Nigeria and Brazil in table tennis will be reignited as two of the best players from these nations, Quadri Aruna and Hugo Calderano, clash in the second round of the Men’s Singles at the WTT Singapore Smash 2025. Exactly one year after their last encounter at the 2024 WTT Finals in Doha, the Nigerian star will face off against the Brazilian sensation...
The Africa Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) executive council has praised Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna for his quarter-final finish at the just-concluded WTT Grand Smash series in Singapore. The 35-year-old, who is the number one ranked player on the continent, became the first African to reach the quarter-final stage of the WTT Singapore Smash after overcoming Japanese star and current world number four Tomokazu Harimoto in the Round...
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