ITTF Rankings: Quadri Moves Up To 20th

Nigerian Table Tennis star Aruna Quadri is the only African player ranked among the top 20 players in the world.

Quadri’s victory at the just concluded African Championship in Rades, Tunisia is yielding an instant impact.

He earned 500 ranking points for a total of 1260 and remained the best-ranked African player.

In the latest International Table Tennis Federation rankings announced, the Nigerian moved up two places to seat 16th position in the world and number one in Africa.

Despite losing in the team event to Egypt, Quadri pumped up the volume to retain his African crown at the expense of Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh in the Singles Men final.

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The Nigerian top seed retained his men’s singles title with a convincing 4-0 (11-2, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6) despite missing a direct qualifying spot for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The latest ranking released by the table tennis international body shows that the Nigerian international moved from his previous 18th position to 16th.

He is the only African player in the world top 20.

Since 2018, Aruna has secured three African singles titles, triumphed in doubles three times, and lol) victorious in two team events.

Omar Assar of Egypt narrowly missed out of the top 20 after moving one place up to 21st in the world with a total of 990 points.

The top three ranked table tennis players are, Fan Zhendong (1), Wang Chuqin (2), Ma Long (3) all from China.