Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has overtaken Egypt’s Omar Assar to grow to be Africa’s highest-ranked desk tennis participant on the planet.
Within the rankings launched by the Worldwide Desk Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Tuesday, Aruna now occupies the 18th place with 1290 factors, transferring up one place from the earlier rankings.
The feat got here regardless of Aruna ending as runner-up on the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup, and his spectacular performances on the World Desk Tennis (WTT) tournaments this 12 months.
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The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) stories that Aruna is the one African male participant to have reached the semifinals of the WTT Contender in Doha, repeating his 2023 feat earlier this 12 months with one other semifinal end.
This achievement propelled him forward of Assar, who was topped champion of the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup two weeks in the past.
In the meantime, Assar dropped from seventeenth to nineteenth with 1250.
Within the Ladies’s class, Egypt’s Hana Goda maintained her prime spot in Africa, transferring up one place to twenty sixth within the Week 12 ITTF rankings.
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Her compatriot, Dina Meshref, remained static at thirty third, holding her place because the second-best-ranked feminine participant in Africa.
China’s Wang Chuqin retained his place because the second-best participant globally, behind his compatriot Lin Shidong, who continues to carry the highest spot.
Japanese famous person Tomokazu Harimoto, dethroned China’s Liang Jingkun, because the third-best participant on the planet after his semifinal end in Chongqing.
Within the Ladies’s rating, the highest 5 remained unchanged, with China’s Solar Yingsha holding onto her prime spot after retaining her WTT Champions Chongqing title. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
