Quadri Aruna moves to 13th in ITTF ranking

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has again gained one step up the ladder of the world ranking as the Nigerian rose to 13 in the latest ITTF rating following his quarter-final finish at WTT Star Contender Goa in India last week.

Considered as one of the most respected table tennis players in the world due to his unique forehand shot, Aruna gained more points from Goa to displace South Korea’s Jang Woojin to retain his spot as the highest ranked African in the world.

An excited Aruna described the leap as a call for more hardwork. “Getting up sometimes might look easy but staying up there needs a lot of hardwork and I hope I can continue to give my best,” he said.

Also, winner of the WTT Star Contender Goa Felix Lebrun of France remains the biggest mover in the top 10 as the teenage sensation rose to sixth in the latest rating.

Egypt’s Omar Assar who failed to go beyond the second round in Goa after a narrow loss to Portugal’s Tiago Apolonia remains glued to 20th in the world rating.

Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh and Mohamed El-Beiali are the third and fourth best ranked African players rated 52 and 62 respectively.

Nigeria’s second-best ranked player in the world remains Taiwo Mati who is rated 106 while 2019 African Games champion Olajide Omotayo is 109 in the ranking.

In the women’s ranking, Egypt’s Dina Meshref still topped the ranking chart ranked 27th ahead of African Champion Hana Goda who is rated 30th in the world.