Tennis: Quadri relishes Africa’s best position

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has expressed excitement after being ranked 29th in the world in the April ITTF ranking released at the weekend.

The 2014 ITTF Star Player who retained his place as Africa’s best player said the rankings will spur him to greater heights.

“It’s great to be rated as Africa’s best and 29th in the world but it simply means I need to work harder to sustain the success,” he told www.ripples.com.ng.

Despite being inactive in the ITTF World Tour in the last one month, Quadri with 2393 points moved by one step to occupy 29th place in the world.

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His continental rival, Egypt’s Omar Assar however, dropped from 36 to 37 in the world.

Also, Segun Toriola improved his world rating from 117 to 109, while Portugal-based Bode Abiodun also gained more points to improve from 185 to 179.

In the women ranking, Egypt’s Dina Meshref remains the best rated player from the continent despite dropping from 98 to 97.

The highest ranked Nigeria female player in the ranking is Edem Offiong, who improved her ranking from 242 to 230, while Olufunke Oshonaike who was ranked 235 in March has been taken off the world ranking for her inactivity in the last six months.

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