Quadri Haruna made history by defeating his German opponent 4 - 2 (12-10, 12-10, 11-5, 3-11, 7-11, 11-9) to qualify for the quarter finals of the men's table tennis tournament of the on-going Rio Olympics. Nigeria's best performance in the men's singles before now was Toriola's last 16 placement at Beijing 2008. Congrats.

Nigeria's Quadri breaks African Olympics record, lands in quarterfinals

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has qualified for the quarterfinals of the singles table tennis event at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics.

This will be the first time any African will be getting to that stage of the competition at the Olympics.

Quadri balled Timo Boll of Germany out of the Olympics with a 10-12, 10-12, 5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 9-11.

Quadri will battle World number one, Ma Long of China, in the quarterfinals.

http://theeagleonline.com.ng/nigerias-quadri-breaks-african-olympics-record-lands-in-quarterfinals/



Wow! A big congratulations! Keep flying the Nigerian flag high.

Quadri will battle World number one, Ma Long of China, in the quarterfinals.

this people wicked oh. Go Quadri! Don't get intimidated.



Moderators let's get this rolling, some peeps are giving us hopes in this Olympics

Lalasticlala, honeric01, semid4lyfe

Wow! Congrats Quadri! Go for Gold! We are solidly behind you!