Nigeria Aruna Quadri has emerged as men’s singles champion at the
ITTF Challenge tagged Polish Open.
His triumph on Sunday came few days to the 2017 ITTF World Cup in
Liege, Beligum.
The Nigerian who has been listed among the top 20 players in the
world that will compete at the prestigous ITTF World Cup in Belgium, on October
20 to 22, defeated giant killing Japan’s Kaii Yoshida 11-7, 11-13 11-8, 6-11,
11-8, 14-12 (4-2) to become the first African to win ITTF title outside the
continent.
The final match against the Japanese lived up to expectation as
both players tested each other strength-for-strength and skills-for-skills but
it was the Nigerian that laughed last.
Prior to beating the Japanese in the final, Quadri had defeated
Kazakhstan’s Kirill Gerassimenko (11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6) earlier
in the semifinal stage of the competition.
In the women’s singles event, it was Japanese affair as ITTF World
Cup defending champion, Mima Ito defeated her compatriot Saki Shibata 4-1 to
emerge as winner.
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