Aruna Quadri now 21st in latest ITTF rankings

Aruna Quadri has placed Nigeria on the International Table Tennis Federation radar after setting a new personal record for the country and himself as he is now ranked 21 in the end- of – the – year ranking released by the sport governing body .

The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, in a statement on Friday , said Quadri has now surpassed his best of 25th in the ranking .
“ This has helped him to displace Egypt’ s Omar Assar as the continent ’ s best- ranked player in the world .
“ In spite of not matching the record set by Assar as the first African ranked among the top 20 in the world , Quadri ends the year as the highest – ranked African in the latest rating ,’’ the Nigerian sport ruling body said.
Following victories over top- ranked players at the Swedish Open, Quadri amassed 50 points to improve from 2457 to 2507 points to be rated 21 in the world ranking .
Prior to this latest ranking , the best achieved by Quadri in the world rating was 25 and with this , he has set a new record for Nigeria and himself . 
Assar ’s failure to be more active seems to have affected his rating , as the Egyptian dropped from 20 to 26 in the latest ranking .