Apart from being the best player in Africa, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has become the first African player to top the ranking list of players in the Commonwealth.
According to the ranking list released by the Technical Committee of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation (CTTF), Quadri who has been playing second fiddle to players from Singapore became the highest rated player among players from the Commonwealth nations.
Among the 277 players listed in the ranking, Quadri garnered 2385 points to beat Singapore’s Gao Ning, which has 2384 to second place. England’s Pitchford Liam has 2277 points to occupy third spot on the ranking list.
Africa’s most decorated star, Segun Toriola is rated 12th with 2014 points behind players from India, Canada and England. Also Bode Abiodun is ranked 22nd with 1822points.
Prior to the May ranking, Quadri has been playing second fiddle to Gao Ning and as it is Quadri remains the best player among the players from Commonwealth nations.
In the women ranking, no Nigerian made the top 20 list as Edem Offiong and Olufunke Oshonaike were ranked 23 and 26 respectively.
Meanwhile, Quadri’s aided his French team, jura Morez to remain in the elite division of the prestigious French Table Tennis League.
But it was not same story for Egypt’s Omar Assar as his club, Istres as the Egyptian failed the club from going into relegation.
With this development, Omar Assar will be campaigning in the lower division of the league next season.
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