Toriola, Quadri, Ajetunmobi In Good Start At ITTF World Tour.

The trio of Nigeria’s table tennis players, Segun Toriola, Aruna Quadri and Seun Ajetunmobi began their campaigns at the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, approved World Tour tagged German Open on good note on with victories in their first matches at the five-day championship.

Ajetunmobi inspired his compatriot when he overcame Germany’s Phillip Floritz, 8- 11, 5 -11, 11- 9, 11- 9, 5- 11, 11- 8, 11- 5, in an explosive encounter that attracted the fans to table two.

Aruna  whitewashed Italy’s MarcoRech Daldosso 13-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 while Toriola did not have it easy against Russia’s Taras Merzlikin but he fought hard to beat the Russian 15-13, 8-11, 9-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7.

 

To be certain of playing in the main draw, Ajetunmobi will play his last group match against Russia’s Alexey Liventsou, while Quadri wil today confront Japan’s Yuto Muramatsu while Toriola will also battlCzech Republic’s Pavel Sirucek.

For the women’s singles pairing, Olaide Atinuke has been drawn iGroup 22 alongside Slovakia’s Barbora Balazova and Hungary’s Dora Madarasz, while Ganiat Olatunde-Aruna will tackle Spain’s Galia Dvorak and Russia’s Elena Troshneva in Group 22.

Meanwhile, runner’s up at the 2010 edition in Berlin, China’s Wang Hao is the top seed in the men’s singles event at the tournament.