ITTF ranking: Quadri retains top spot in Africa, 23rd in the world
The poor outing of Aruna Quadri at the 2018 ITTF World Cup in France had started taking its toll on his global rating as the Nigerian dropped two steps in the November 2018 ranking released on Thursday by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
According to world table tennis ruling body, despite amassing some appreciable points for qualifying for the ITTF World Cup, Quadri’s inability to advance to the second round at the World cup denied him the chance to retain his 21st place in the rating. For this, the ITTF African Champion slide to 23rd in the November 2018 ranking list.
Even Quadri’s two wins at the Swedish Open could not salvage points for the Nigerian in the latest ranking.
Former African Champion – Egypt’s Omar Assar whose recent return to the international scene was greeted with applaud across the continent continues to drop. The Egyptian has dropped from the top 39 in the world to occupy 53rd place in the latest ranking.
Assar is second highest rated African player while his compatriots – Mohammed El-Beiali and Ahmed Saleh are third and fourth ranked Africans respectively. ITTF African semifinalist – Olajide Omotayo is the fifth
In the women’s ranking, African champion – Egypt’s Dina Meshref dropped to 43 in the ranking from 39 and like Quadri, Meshref still retains her spot as Africa’s highest ranked female player in the world.
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However, China’s Fan Zhendong retained the number one spot in the men’s ranking while Yuling Zhu also held on to the number one spot in the women rating.