{"id":3054,"date":"2019-08-18T21:54:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2019-08-18T21:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T21:54:34","slug":"aruna-quadri-hits-quarterfinal-at-bulgaria-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=3054","title":{"rendered":"Aruna Quadri hits quarterfinal at Bulgaria Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aruna Quadri hits quarterfinal at Bulgaria Open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zainab Tanimu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quadri Aruna is on a roll at the ITTF World Tour tagged Bulgaria Open, backing up his opening round exploits against China\u2019s Ma Te with another eye-catching display in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The no.10 seed Nigerian sealed his spot in the last eight thanks to a superb 4-3 win over no.7 seed Hong Kong\u2019s Wong Chun Ting (11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 3-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5).<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Nigeria Open said he hopes to use the tournament to tune up for next week\u2019s All African Games holding in Morocco. Having missed out from the 2019 ITTF World Cup following his semifinal loss to eventual winner \u2013 Egypt\u2019s Omar Assar and the Nigerian may be heading to his best rating in the world having amassing points from his exploits at the ITTF Africa Cup and Nigeria Open last week.<\/p>\n<p>For the quarterfinal tie, Quadri will face Japan\u2019s Jun Mizutani who has dominated the Nigerian in their last two meetings.<\/p>\n<p>It was quite the turn of events in the women\u2019s singles, as Japan\u2019s Miu Hirano lost in straight games to China\u2019s Chen Xingtong (11-9, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9).<\/p>\n<p>The former World no.7 Chen was imperious against Hirano, taking just over half an hour to see the match through. The Japanese player, playing her first match of the tournament after her opponent withdrew in the last round, could not beat back the force of her Chinese opponent\u2019s forehands.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Wu Yang beat Korea\u2019s Suh Hyowon in five games, with the score-line of 4-1 hardly telling the full story (11-9, 11-3, 11-2, 3-11, 11-5).<\/p>\n<p>Both women were fighting for every point and the match was very much a close mental battle. Wu seemingly came out on top, but it was not for a lack of effort from the Korean. Over on Table 4, a huge upset went down as Singaporean Yu Mengyu beat Japan\u2019s Miyu Kato in fine fashion to reach her first quarter-finals on the World Tour since 2016 (11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aruna Quadri hits quarterfinal at Bulgaria Open Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA Quadri Aruna is on a roll at the ITTF World Tour tagged Bulgaria Open, backing up his opening round exploits against China\u2019s Ma Te with another eye-catching display in the Round of 16. 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