Nigeria's Aruna Quadri turned into the main African to achieve the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games table tennis occasion on Monday in the wake of beating London 2012 bronze medallist Germany's Timo Boll 4-2 in the fourth round of the men's singles at Riocentro Pavilion 3.
The 28-year-old France-based player crushed the world number 13 in 16 minutes in his third amusement to send the Nigerian and Brazilian fans at the venue into cheerful festivals.
Quadri, who is going to his second Olympics, won 12-10 in the primary set before taking the second and third sets 12-10, 11-5. Boll regrouped and won the following two sets 11-3, 11-5 however the Nigerian, who is positioned 40th on the planet, took the 6th set 11-9.
The 2014 ITTF Star Player of the Year had before in the third round crushed world number seven, Chinese Taipei's Chang Chun-Yuan, to book a spot against Boll. He will play world number one China's Ma Long, who vanquished Korea's Jeoung Youngsik in the quarterfinals, on Tuesday (today).
Group Nigeria's collaborator commander, Funke Oshonaike, hailed Quadri for his courageous execution.
The six-time Olympian said, "Aruna won and I am so pleased with him; he's going to play Ma Long. How about we wish him fortunes and we should continue petitioning God for him, he can make it."
Quadri had a bye into the second round where he vanquished Slovakia's Yang Wang 4-1 preceding defeating Chun-Yuan 4-0.
He is likewise the principal African to achieve the quarterfinals of the International Table Tennis Federation's World Cup for men in 2014.
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