Quadri Sets Another Record, Now 25th In The World

[caption id="attachment_11572" align="alignnone" width="699"]Aruna Quadri, Nigerian table tennis player[/caption]

Nigerian table tennis player, Aruna Quadri has added his name to the history books as he was ranked 25th in the latest (September) table tennis world rankings, released by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Tuesday.

Quadri, who barely a month ago became the first African to reach the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games table tennis event, rose 15 places from 40th to 25th.

He becomes the first African player to be in the top 25 bracket in the world.

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The Nigerian was one of the stars at the Rio Olympic Games in Brazil after stunning the world to become the first African to play in the last eight of the games, where he was defeated by world No. 1, Ma Long.

That performance in Rio gave him 152 points, which added to the 2305 points he had in the August ranking, now places him on 2457 points.

Quadri was also listed among the most active players in the world based on his rise from 40th in August to 25th in September.

Other active players in the recent rating are Brazil’s Hugo Calderano and England’s Paul Drinkhall. Calderano who like Quadri became the first player from South America to play in the quarterfinal of the Olympic Games.

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Another Nigerian, Segun Toriola, who was also at this year’s Olympics, rose from 120 to 106.

In the latest ranking, Olympic and World Champion, China’s Ma Long held on to the zenith of the ranking again as the Asian star and his compatriot – Shiwen Liu remain number one ranked male and female players in the world.

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