Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has dropped out of the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, World Cup Macao 2024 after losing 3-1 to Portugal’s Marcos Freitas in the group-stage match of Group 15 of the men’s singles.
Egypt’s Omar Assar remains the only African in the tournament after he defeated Swedish player Truls Moregard in the final group 16 match of the tournament on Wednesday, April 17 to progress to the second round.
Going into the match, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri who defeated Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez Daniel 4-0 in his first match, could not sustain that form against Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, losing the first three games (10-12, 9-11,9-11) and won only the dead rubber game, 11-3 to complete four.
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Contrastingly, Omar Assar’s form was enough to tame the threat of the Swedish national champion with a commanding display, finishing 3-1 (15-13, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5).
The Egyptian began his winning streak on Monday beating Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan 4-0 to emerge as the winner of Group 16. The two victories cemented his place in the knockout stage of the $1 million prize money championship.
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