Aruna Lights Up Houston, Qualifies For Quarterfinal

The city of Houston stood still for Quadri Aruna, once the Nigerian became the primary African to succeed in the match within the history of the ITTF World Ping-Pong Championships Finals.

He created his presence felt amidst the array of stars competitive at the 2021 ITTF World Ping-Pong Grand finals staged at the patron saint R. Brown Convention center in us.

Earlier on Thursday, Aruna has crushed the spheres of thirty two data set in 2019 by Egypt’s pair of Omar Assar and Ahmed Saleh once he breezed into the spheres of sixteen. Moreover he broke the record to line another one with an arena in-between the play of the championships.

The 2014 ITTF World Player of Year became the primary Nigerian and player from Africa to feature between the last eight at the planet Ping-Pong Championship once he won Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson.

“It’s wonderful. I had to dig deep and that i gave all the attention I had. I’m filled with anxiety regarding the match. I’ve been taking part in okay and also the spirit of ne’er dropping is often there,” same Aruna ever since a post-match interview.

The Nigerian was expected to battle another Swedish record breaker, Truls Moregard, within the match late yesterday, November twenty seven.

According to ITTF, players from Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia ar expected to continue lighting up the historical event, that is being placed within the Americas for the primary time in its storied history.

African Ping-Pong continues to shine bright once Aruna’s historic passage to the last eight at the planet Ping-Pong Championship.

“It means that plenty to ME,” he said, “especially for Federal Republic of Nigeria and also the whole of Africa. Ping-Pong is growing in no time in Africa. currently we’ve many players within the high a hundred,” said Aruna