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Two Nigerians crash out of Paris 2024 table tennis men’s singles event

Posted : 29 July 2024

Nigeria’s players in the men’s table tennis event at the ongoing Olympic Games lost their matches in the first round of the competition.


Africa's number one, Quadri Aruna, lost 3-4 in his round of 64 match at the South Paris Arena to Eduard Ionescu of Romania.


Aruna’s hopes of repeating his Rio 2016 quarter-finals performance were dashed when the 20-year-old Ionescu made a thrilling Olympic debut.


Ionescu rallied back to win with a scoreline of 8-11, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 13-11, despite having played a match earlier in the day.


Aruna won the first three games — 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 — only for Ionescu to turn the match around by winning the next two games — 11-8, 12-10 — and taking the match to seven games.


Ionescu then won the final two games, 11-9 and 13-11, to advance to the round of 32.


Earlier in the day, Olajide Omotayo lost 1-4 to Iranian Noshad Alamiyan.


As a result, both Nigerians are out of the men’s singles event in the competition.

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