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The Nigeria table tennis icon, Quadri Aruna, saw its world championship campaign of ITTF 2025 arriving to an end, on Thursday, after a 4-0 defeat against the Hugo Calderano of Brazil in the male singles the last 16.
What was announced as one of Marquesina’s confrontations of the tournament became a unilateral defeat in the Doha Arena Portuguese.
Calderano Tactical Magistral Class
Calderano, who for a long time has been one of the best classified players in the world, neutralized Aruna’s right devastating by relentlessly pointing to his reverse.
Quickly, he claimed the game in just 22 minutes, assaulting the victory in straight games: 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6) and reserved his place in the quarterfinals without dropping a single rally.
His rapid reverse films and his explosive right of the right repeatedly earned him easy points, while Aruna was fighting and making a series of united errors.
Even the stimulus of his coaching staff could not cause a return.
Aruna’s legacy as a pioneer from Africa
Aruna is still the most successful table tennis player in Africa, who has reached twice the 16 -world round in the World Championship and making the quarterfinals in Houston 2021.
In Doha, the 36 -year -old was the only African representative to enter the Top 16.
