Nigeria: Fatima Bello in Table Tennis Action, Quadri Aruna Crashes

29 July 2024
This Day (Lagos)

Nigerian player, Fatima Bello, to take on home girl, France's Yuan Jia Nan in the Round 2 of the Women's Table Tennis singles event.

Nigeria's biggest hope for a table tennis medal, Quadri Aruna blew a 3-0 lead to capitulate 3-4 in the men's single on Saturday night.

He failed to repeat his Rio 2016 quarterfinals performance as he was dashed by Eduard Ionescu, who completed an astonishing 4-3 upset in his Olympic debut.

The 20-year-old Romanian saved a total of 6 match points to defeat the Nigerian (8-11, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 13-11).

The day's drama reached its climax with another seven-game thriller, as Australia's Finn Luu surrendered a 3-0 lead to a determined Alberto Mino, who sealed a memorable victory amidst a jubilant Ecuadorian contingent.

TEAM NIGERIA FIXTURES TODAY

Table Tennis (Women)

Fatimo Bello Vs Jia Nan Yuan (France) 9 am

Basketball (Women)

Nigeria Vs Australia 10 am

Boxing (Women 60kg)

*Cynthia Ogunsemilore Vs Wu Shin (Taipe) 2:30 pm

*(bout on hold following suspension of the Nigerian)

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