Nigeria's Aruna Quadri is through to the next phase of the men's table tennis event at the ongoing Rio Olympics Games in Brazil after beating the world number seven CHUANG Chih-Yuan 4-0 in the third round of the event.
The 27-year old athlete dominated the game from start to finish, recording 11-6, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 over the Taiwanese table tennis player, who won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals 2002.
Quadri, who was also ranked 30th on the ITTF global ranking in 2014, which eventually won him the
International Table Tennis Federation named him the Star Player of the year said after the game that said his only target was to try and win one of the four games against Chuang.
But that his confidence grew when he picked the first game of the night and went ahead to to win all four games.
"Last time I played Chuang Chih-Yuan was earlier this year on the ITTF World Tour in Germany, where I lost in four straight games, my goal today was to improve on that performance and fight to win one game!" stated a pleased ARUNA.
"After I won the first game I became more confident. This is the best moment of my life and my career."
The 27-year old athlete dominated the game from start to finish, recording 11-6, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 over the Taiwanese table tennis player, who won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals 2002.
Quadri, who was also ranked 30th on the ITTF global ranking in 2014, which eventually won him the
But that his confidence grew when he picked the first game of the night and went ahead to to win all four games.
"Last time I played Chuang Chih-Yuan was earlier this year on the ITTF World Tour in Germany, where I lost in four straight games, my goal today was to improve on that performance and fight to win one game!" stated a pleased ARUNA.
"After I won the first game I became more confident. This is the best moment of my life and my career."
Rio olympics: Aruna Quadri Beat CHUANG Chih-Yuan 4-0 To Progress To Next Round
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