Aruna Quadri and Olajide Omotayo were shown early exits in the men’s singles event of the ongoing Table Tennis championship at the ITTF World Tour tagged Qatar Open.
Omotayo was defeated first in the hand of the Oman Open champion – Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei.
Despite matching the Asian star strength-for-strength from the start of the encounter, Omotayo succumbed to the prowess of his opponent. Omotayo lost 8-11, 6-11, 6-11, 5-11.
Quadri was on the losing end against Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro.
Having just returned from injury, Quadri was taken beyond the limit by the Brazilian who won the encounter at 8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 10-12, 6-11.