Aruna loses to Fan, out of WTT finals
Nigeria’s highest-ranked table tennis player, Quadri Aruna, has exited the World Table Tennis Men’s finals in Doha following a 0-3 (6-11 9-11 4-11) defeat to World number one Zhendong Fan.
The Thursday quarter-final game at the Lusail Sports Arena saw the Chinese dominate.
Aruna, the World number 16, came close in the second set, but Fan showed class and claimed victory.
The Nigerian had defeated world number five, Brazil’s Hugo Calderano, 3-2 in the Round of 16 before facing Fan in the quarter-finals.
The World number one will meet his compatriot Lin Gaoyuan, world number seven, in the semi-finals on Friday.
The tournament, expected to end on Friday, has a prize money of $340,000.
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