Quadri Wins Portuguese Super Cup.

Nigeria’s sensational table tennis player, Aruna Quadri at the weekend led his Portuguese club, G. D.  Toledos to win the Portugal Super Cup after beating CP Oliverinha 3-0.

An excited Quadri said: “Winning the super cup did not come easy at  all as I left Nigeria immediately for preparation for the tournament. We  had taken part in the first round of European Table Tennis Union (ETTU)  Cup in Cyprus and we won all our matches to qualify for the second round  as part of build up for the Portuguese Super Cup. I want to say that we

prepared enough for the encounter.”

He added: “We won in an unbelievable manner by winning all our  matches 3-0 each which ended within 40 minutes. We made history in  Portuguese Super Cup by winning the trophy within just 40 minutes, it  has never happened before as the previous ones ended for hours.”

Narrating how the match went, the Oyo State-born athlete said: “I gave a perfect start by winning Bruno Silva 11-3,11-4 and 11-5 to set a  clean lead for my team while Andre silva increased the lead by beating  Rui Filip by same scoreline with 11-6,11-3 and 11-8. Diego Silva  completed the rout by defeating Joao Brandao 11-4,11-4 and 11-7 to end  the match and for us to be crowned the champion.”

For Quadri, winning the cup has added to his diadems in the league  having won double last season with the Portuguese Cup and league title,  he said: “Winning the Super Cup took me to next level in my career and I  am so happy for winning my third titles in just one year. I am indeed  very happy for winning all the trophies that I have been looking forward  to win since moving to Portugal three years ago joined the Portuguese  league. I think it's the beginning of new dawn in my career and I will  not relent in winning more trophies.”

For the new season, he said: “For this season, we are expecting tough  challenges from our rivals, but we are not sleeping at all despite  having a very strong team. We will not underrate any team and we hope to  repeat the last season feat by retaining the league title and Portugal

Cup.