Aruna Akinade Quadri, Nigeria's ping pong king, has won the ITTF-Africa Senior Championships holding in Algiers, Algeria.

For the third straight time, Quadri (ranked 15th in the World & 1st in Africa) was meeting his nemesis, Egypt's Omar Assar (ranked 21st in the World & 2nd in Africa) in the final of the ITTF Senior Championships.

Quadri lost to Assar in the final at Agadir 2016 and lost (1-4) in the final to the Egyptian in Yaounde 2021.

Quadri Aruna has won the Africa Championship title in the most spectacular fashion by completing a comeback from 0-2 down to 4-3 over arch-rival Omar Assar from Egypt.

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En-route the final:

Quadri:

-defeated Cameroon's Yiane Batix (4-1) in the Round of 32.

-defeated Egypt's Mohammed (4-0) in the Round of 16.

-defeated Egypt's Khalid (4-1) in the Q/finals

-defeated Compatriot, Mati Taiwo in the S/final: (4-0) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9, 14-12.

Nigeria's third representative, Olajide Omotayo was defeated (2-4) by eventual finalist, Omar Assar in the Q/finals.

Quadri came from 0-2 down to win the final. Results below:

Quadri-Assar (4-3): (8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 13-11, 14-12)

This will be Quadri's second African Senior Championship after beating Ahmed Saleh (4-1) in Port Louis in 2018.

Damnnn niggar
Congratulations

We are the real niggarz of Africa

9ja to the world

Yorubas are blessed when it comes to lifting the glory of this dear country.

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Good news for the night.

This Haruna guy don tey o

Yoruba Muslim...

nice... you don old sha

Congratulations to him, he's always lost to this guy in the past and has always ranked more than the guy, it's hard to imagine

Congratulations Quadri.
Keep doing us proud

Boda aruna..i always like to watch you do that your fore hand service

Congrats

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Skyrays:

No be ikpeazu b that

I loved this sport growing up

e good nah

Congratulations

Who can beat me in TT?. 5000 if you win me?..im in ota

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Congratulations to quadri on this one... You have done well