Nigeria’s Table Tennis Star, Aruna Quadri is the highest-ranked African Table Tennis player in the latest ranking released by the International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF).
Quadri tops the ranking in Africa with 3141 points to place 11th in the world while perennial rival, Egypt’s Omar Assar has 2030 points to moved 5 places up to 25th in the world.
Aruna on his new position: “This is indeed a big challenge for me, and I hope this new year will bring good tidings as I will have to redouble my efforts to remain on top in the ranking and hopefully make it to the top 10. I also hope this will motivate more Africans to aim high as nothing is impossible in the sport.”
Other top five ranked African players are Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh 1250 points, Senegal’s Ibrahima Diaw 1156 points while Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo completes the top five with 914 points.
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