Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has advanced to round 16 of the ongoing WTT Global championships in the United States of America.
The 13th seed kept his cool as he navigated his way past India’s Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to book a place in the men’s singles last 16.
Quadri Aruna won the first set 11-9, before losing 7-11 and 13-15 in the second and third sets.
However, Aruna then took the fourth set 11-3, while Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won the fifth 11-4.
The African number one ranked then prove his class, as he took the final two sets 11-9, 11-7 to advance to the next round.
Quadri will be playing in the last 16 of the World Championships for the first time after the previous 3rd round exit in Hungary.
He’s currently the only African remaining in the men’s singles in Houston.
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