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Nigeria’s Anuoluwapo Opeyori is out of the men’s Olympic Badminton event after falling 0-2 to the world’s number six, Li Shifeng of China.
Opeyori made his Chinese opponent to work hard for every point earned in the encounter.
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The 17-21, 17-21 defeat was Opeyori’s second loss in the Group N of the men’s singles event.
The loss also ended his hopes of progression to the knockout phase.
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Thursday’s loss by the Nigerian followed Wednesday’s defeat to Tobias Kuenzi of Switzerland at Le Chapelle Arena.
Badminton followers, however, expect the two-time Olympian and Team Nigeria’s General Captain to bounce back stronger in future events, having taken valuable lessons from his Paris outing.
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