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| Aruna with eyes on the Egg |
Team Nigeria will on Wednesday, August 3, at the
Riocentro Pavilion 3 in Rio know her opponents in the team and singles events
of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri got a bye to the
second round of the men’s singles after the 2014 International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF) Star Player was listed
among the top 32 players in the singles event of the Rio to start his campaign
in the second round.
In the August 2016 ranking released by ITTF on
Monday, Quadri remained the best player from Africa despite sliding to 40 from
38 and continental rival, Egypt’s Omar Assar dropped to 55 from 41.
And for
the men’s singles event of the Rio Olympic Games, Quadri is rated 27 while
Assar dropped to 37.
Nigeria may be drawn in the same group with top
teams as they are the third lowest ranked team in the men’s team event. 16
teams will battle for laurels while, the
teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. The top two teams in each
group advance to the quarterfinal stage.
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