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Quadri climbs nine places in ITTF ranking
Nigerian table tennis superstar, Aruna Quadri has moved from 36 to 27 in the November International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) ranking released on Wednesday.
Quadri, who became the first African to win an ITTF title outside the continent after lifting the 2017 Polish Open title last month, gained 23 points to rise in the rankings.
Some of the gained points must also have come from his qualification to the main draw at the ITTF World Cup in Liege, Belgium last month.
According to the ittf.com, Quadri moved from 2434 points to 2457 points which ranks him 27th in the world.
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However, Egypt’s Omar Assar remains the number one in Africa, as he moved a step up from 21 to 20 despite a drop in his ranking points from 2528 to 2513.
China’s Ma Long remains the number one player in the world despite losing to Germany’s Timo Boll in the semifinal of the just concluded World Cup.
The winner of the 2017 ITTF World Cup, Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov achieved the highest ranking in his career after moving a step up to the third spot in the latest ranking.
In the Women’s rankings, the efforts of Egypt’s Dina Meshref at the 2017 ITTF Women’s World were rewarded, as the African champion moved from no.103 to no. 92.
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