The organizers have also hiked the prize money from $39,000 (N7.8 million) to $46,000 (N9.2 million), while the events have been increased from four to six
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As at press time, Quadri is still in the race for the Male Star of the year against world number one, China’s Xu Xin and his compatriot, Fan Zhendong, who is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games gold medallist as well as Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, who is the 2014 European Team Championships winner and the first Portuguese player to be ranked top 10 in the world
Disclosing this at the weekend, the President, African Table Tennis Federation, Khaled El-Salhy, quoted the Chief Executive Officer of ITTF, Judit Farago, as confirming the development