Quadri Aruna’s virtuoso displays at the WTT Frankfurt 2024 have earned him praise from the African table tennis fraternity despite bowing out of the tournament following a 3-2 defeat to German Ricardo Walther in the round of 16 on Wednesday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. “Quadri Aruna may be out of WTTFrankfurt, but he left it all on the table with an incredible fight against Ricardo Walter!” the International Table Tennis Federation stated on its official X handle on Thursday. Aruna made a winning start to his campaign on Sunday by upsetting the No. 5 seed Tomokazu Harimoto, recording a stunning comeback to win a 3-2 comeback win (7-11, 11-13, 11-5, 14-12, 11-3). Playing with all the confidence and freedom in the world, Aruna hammered away at the ball, punishing Harimoto in the fast exchanges as the wave of momentum firmly shifted in the African trailblazer’s favour.

Source: Punch November 08, 2024 11:57 UTC