Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri became the first African to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games table tennis event on Monday after beating London 2012 bronze medalist Germany’s Timo Boll 4-2 in the fourth round of the men’s singles.

　　尼日利亚的夸德里·阿鲁纳在男子单打第四轮中，4-2击败伦敦奥运会铜牌得主波尔(德)，成为首位晋级奥运会乒乓球半决赛的非洲选手。

　　The 28-year-old defeated the world number 13 in 16 minutes as he won his third game in Rio, to send Brazilian fans, who kept chanting ‘Nigeria’, into rapturous celebrations.

　　这位28岁的选手用16分钟完胜世界第十三的选手，顺利拿下在里约奥运会上的第三次胜利，使不断呐喊“尼日利亚”的粉丝们沉浸在狂喜的庆祝活动中。

　　Quadri, who is attending his second Olympics, defeated Boll 12-10 in the first set before taking the second and third sets 12-10, 11-5. Boll regrouped and won the next two sets 11-3, 11-5 but the Nigerian, who is currently ranked 40, took the sixth set 11-9.

　　阿鲁纳，第二次参加奥运会，首轮比分12-10，第二轮和第三轮比分分别是12-10,11-5。波尔重新部署战略以11-3、11-5的比分掰回两局。不过，世界排名40的尼日利亚选手，最终以11-9的成绩拿下第六局。

　　The 2014 ITTF Star Player of the Year had earlier in the third round defeated world number seven, Chinese Taipei’s Chang Chun-Yuan, to book a place against Boll. He will play winner of China’s Ma Long and Korea’s Jeoung Youngsik match.

　　这位荣获2014年国际乒联年度最佳选手的阿鲁纳早在第三轮比赛中淘汰排名世界第七的选手庄智渊，从而晋级对打波尔。接下来的比赛阿鲁纳面对的是中国选手马龙和韩国选手Jeoung Youngsik。

　　Team Nigeria’s assistant captain, Funke Oshonaike, hailed Quadri for his heroic performance against the German.

　　尼日利亚队的副队长Funke Oshonaike称赞阿鲁纳完败德国队的英勇战绩。

（编辑：何莹莹）