Quadri Aruna Trudges On At Singapore Smash

Like a real African warrior Quadri Aruna continued his Trojan surge to the final 16 of the lads’s singles on the 2023 WTT Singapore Smash after dismissing French sensation Alexis Lebrun 3-2 within the second spherical on Tuesday March 14.

Being the one surviving African within the competitors following the early exit of Egypt’s quartet of Omar Assar, Dina Meshref, Hana Goda and Mariam Alhodaby, Aruna marched into the final 16 of the profitable event after a hard-fought win over giant-killing French star.

Regardless of dominating the primary recreation with an 11-8 win over Aruna, Lebrun was within the driver’s seat within the second recreation however the Nigerian caught up with him and raced to the result in win at 11-8. The third recreation was in favour of Aruna who claimed an 11-5 win to place the tie at 2-1. However some errors by Aruna value him the fourth recreation as Lebrun leveled up after an 11-7 win to take the match into the deciding fifth recreation.

Conscious of what was forward of him within the fifth recreation; Aruna got here out stronger within the recreation by dictating from the beginning and took the lead along with his opponent committing a number of unforced errors. Even when Lebrun needed to vary ways, Aruna determined to be on the offensive and this paid off for him as he began choosing factors by means of rallies. With out a lot effort, Aruna received the fifth recreation at 11-7 to file one other 3-2 win similar to he did within the first spherical in opposition to Germany’s Ruwen Filus.

Aruna’s final 16 tie will probably be in opposition to Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto on Thursday March 16 and the Nigerian who’s but to file any win in opposition to the Japanese star hopes for the most effective.

“It’s all the time tough taking part in in opposition to Harimoto as a result of he’s a really quick participant however having performed him twice at huge stage like this, I believe I’ll strive my greatest to carry him down this time round as a result of it’s a 50-50 match for each of us as anyone can win. On this event, each participant has an equal likelihood to win the title as a result of we’re all on the identical degree no matter your world rating. I’m pleased with my efficiency and I hope I can do extra,” Aruna enthused.

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