Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has been seeded No.1 in the 2017 Seamaster ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open, which began on Tuesday at the Teslim Balogun, Stadium in Lagos.
The 29-year-old Aruna, who is currently ranked 29 in the world, will be in action at the five days competition.
Fellow compatriots, Bode Abiodun and Ojo Onaolapo, are seeded eight and nine respectively in the men’s event.
The winner of the 2016 edition, Olah Benedek of Finland, is seeded 33, while Egyptian Assar Omar, who is world No. 38, is seeded 34.
Also, Idowu Saheed of Congo is seeded 24, while Shetty Sanit of India and Saleh Ahmed of Egypt are seeded 16 and 17 respectively.
Meanwhile, in the women’s singles, Shao Jieni of Portugal is seeded No.1, while Pergel Szandra of Hungary is No. 2.
Egyptian Meshref Dina, who is Africa’s No. 1 rated female player, is seeded No. 2, having reached the finals of the tournament twice.
Kulikova Olga of Russia and Balint Bernadett of Hungary are seeded four and five, while Nigeria and Africa Ping-pong Queen, Funke Oshonaike, is seeded six.
NAN reports that a total of 92 males and 50 females will compete fiercely in the challenge that attracted players from all over the globe.