WTT Youth Contender: Ten-year-old Aruna claims two medals in Luxembourg
Ten-year-old Junior Aruna won bronze and silver at the 2026 WTT Youth Contender in Luxembourg at the weekend, giving Nigeria a double-medal return from the international table tennis tournament. The
Ten-year-old Junior Aruna won bronze and silver at the 2026 WTT Youth Contender in Luxembourg at the weekend, giving Nigeria a double-medal return from the international table tennis tournament.
The son of Nigerian table tennis star Quadri Aruna, coached by his mother Ganiat, took bronze in the boys' Under-13 singles and silver in the Under-11 category.
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In the Under-13 event, he recovered from an opening 3-0 defeat to Italy's Mattia Somaini to win back-to-back matches against Lorenzo Armani (3-2) and Aaron Xia (3-0) and advance from the group stage. He then beat Poland's Antoni Zajac 3-0 in the round of 16 and Bulgaria's Dan Zhelyazkov 3-1 in the quarterfinals before losing to France's Sacha Douaran in the semifinals.
In the Under-11 draw, Aruna beat Luxembourg's Noah Wolter 3-2 in the semifinal to reach the final, where he lost 15-13, 11-8, 11-8 to Bulgaria's Zhelyazkov to claim silver.
The double-medal haul marks Junior Aruna's first significant return on the international circuit.
