2018 World Table Tennis Champiomship: Slovakia Ends Nigeria Hope Of Clinching medal

..Slovakia Edge Nigeria at the World Table Tennis Champoonship By Admin. Nigeria’s table tennis team to the 2018 Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden on Friday lost 3-0 to Slovakia in the quarter-finals of the competition, reports Bsn sports. It was the second defeat suffered by Nigeria in the hands of Slovakia. The defeat means the Nigerian team have failed to clinch a spot in the Championship division. Quadri Aruna who has been Nigeria’s best player at the tournament lost the team’s first game. The 29 year old lost 3-1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4) to Pistej Lubomi. Bode Abiodun could not bring Nigeria back on level terms as he lost 3-2 (11-5,12-14,11-8,9-11,7-11) to Novota Samuel in a keenly contested game. Olajide Omotayo also lost 3-1 (12-10,7-11,5-11) to Wang Yang. Credit: completesportsnigeria.com