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The Nigerian became the first African to break onto the top ten table tennis players in the world according to the latest ranking that was released by the organisation. The latest player ranking was released by the ITTF on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022.

The body of the World Table Tennis showered praises on the Nigerian for achieving such a feat. According to the body, this achievement for Quadri was a long time coming.

Aruna has truly been master consistent in both his performances and his participation. The Nigerian has spent the last year notching up a string of finishes inside the top eight, while being one of the most active players on the WTT scene. It has included sensational headlines such as taking out China’s rising stars in succession at the 2022 WTT Star Contender Doha and a quarterfinal appearance at the World Table Tennis Championships Finals. It looks like the 33-year-old is just getting started.

In the women’s category, Egypt’s Mariam Alhodaby is the highest ranked African female player in the 40th position while Nigeria’s Offiong Edem moved 10 steps to be ranked 89th in the world.

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The decision to include Aruna in the competition was because of his position on the latest Tennis ranking which was released on November 16th, 2021. This is the first time, the WTT will be organising such an event.

The competition can be compared to the year ending ATP finals which goes down among the top eight lawn tennis players in the world.

The competition will be hosted at OCBC Arena at Singapore Sports Hub. There will be two separate WTT Cup Finals, the men's singles and doubles and women's singles and doubles.

The players will share prize money of $600,000, with the men and women players getting equal prize money.

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This was Quadri's first game at the Games after earning byes to help him get an automatic third-round spot. The Nigerian was dominant in the first set before losing the second and third sets. He came back in the fourth set, but he was no match for the Brazilian in the fifth and sixth sets.

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The 32-year-old Nigerian was one of the medal hopefuls for the Africa nation, following his exploits at various table tennis competitions in the past, heading into the Olympic Games. Quadri had an eventful outing in the last Olympic Games in Rio 2016 where he was knocked out in the quarter-final by the tournament number one seed, Chinese player Ma Long.

Nigerians might have to rely on 51kg female wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye for a chance to win a medal at the Games. Adekuoroye won a medal at the 2018 Common Wealth Games.

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