Aruna Quadri, Nigeria and African champion early on Wednesday morning crashed out of the Rio Olympics 2016 after suffering a 4-0 defeat to China’s star and world number one Ma Long, in the Men’s Singles category.
Quadri became the first African to reach the quarterfinals of men’s singles event at Rio 2016 Olympic game.
His wonderful journey in the singles tournament came to an end with a dominant defeat (11-4, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7).
Ma looked in control of the tie from start to finish, and required less than 30 minutes to put his name into the last four of the competition.
Despite the disappointment of a 4-0 defeat, Aruna can look back on his singles campaign at Rio 2016.
“Ma Long is so much better, so much faster, everything is just perfect about Ma Long, and his speed is just too much for me.”Aruna said.
According to him, his dream of winning a gold medal in Olympic Table Tennis could very much turn to reality one day, “I believe that it is possible, nothing is impossible to get there.
Ma will face Jun Mizutani of Japan in the semi- finals on Thursday, August 11.
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