Quadri will also team up with Panagiotis Gionis of Greece as the male foreign players while the female names are Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kem and Russia’s Polina Mikhailova in the team known as Oilmax Stag Yoodhas with the owner being Vivek Kohli
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In the seeding list released by the table tennis ruling body, events like the 2015 World Championships, 2016 ITTF-European Championships, 2016 ITTF-Oceania Championships, 2017 ITTF-Asian Championships, 2016 ITTF-African Championships and 2016 ITTF-Latin American Championships count for the doubles seeding for 2017 World Championships
Already, 64 top players in the world, including Olympic and World Champion, China’s Ma Long, have been exempted from competing in the preliminary round of the championships, while they are expected to begin their campaigns in the main draw (first round) of the tournament
However, the team will be relying on the financial support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in its quest to be part of the championship as the NTTF has made a formal request for the trip
The qualification of the participating teams was based on their attendance of continental tournament held in Agadir, Morocco last year
Quadri, who has been outstanding for Jura Morez this season, is expected to spearhead his team against a star-studded Hennebont side, which has English international, Liam Pitchford, as well as Chinese Taipei’s Chien An Chien
Quadri will on January 31 lead his French club, Jura Morez, against Villeneuve, which has French internationals Adrien Mattenet, Antoine Hachard and Stéphane Ouaiche in the French Super Division league
Having fought hard from the first round of the championship, Quadri thrilled the Hungarian fans with his superb style of play coupled with his ferocious forehand that most times dazed the German
In the draw conducted at the weekend, Onaolapo has been handed a tough draw as he is expected to battle Hong Kong’s Tianyi Jiang and Italy’s Matteo Mutti in Group 17 for a place in the main draw
Nigeria will be presenting the largest number of players with the highest ranked player in the continent, Aruna Quadri, leading four other Nigerians to the championship, while African Champion, Egypt’s Omar Assar, will be competing alongside his sibling, Khaled, in the competition
Many had expected the 2014 ITTF Star Player to slide in the ranking following his first round exit at the ITTF World Cup in Germany as well as the men’s singles final match lost to Egypt’s Omar Assar at the ITTF Africa Senior Championships in Morocco, but the Nigerian added four points to his world ranking to remain in top 25 in the globe
The 2016 ITTF Star Awards, which will be in its fourth edition, will be held at Doha’s famous and prestigious Sheraton Hotel to celebrate the world’s best table tennis players’ achievements in 2016
Quadri, who has more fans than any player in the competition based on his outstanding performance in 2014 as well as his exploits at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, was shown the exit by the duo of Sweden’s Par Gerell and Singapore’s Ning Gao
He said: “In my opinion, and which I believe will help the sports development in Nigeria, every private company or organisation should be compelled to lend a hand to at least one sport
Quadri, whose world ranking soared to 25 after his scintillating performance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, was in fine form against the home team – Hennebont, which has England’s Pitchford Liam
Quadri 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
“The Men’s Singles event also featured fantastic performances from two players in particular: Hugo Calderano and Quadri Aruna. Calderano made full use of the home crowd advantage as the Brazilian negotiated the likes of Par Gerell and Tang Peng on his way to a round four finish,” ITTF said.
He said: “I must admit that all the African players did their best in the singles, while the extra ordinary outcome was through Aruna Quadri for his superb performance against the top ITTF ranked players like Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan and Germany’s Timo BOLL. In my opinion the achievement of Aruna Quadri in Rio will be of great impact to Africa and all players as well as help to break all barriers, raising the ceiling of ambitious player at all World and Olympic title events regardless of their opponents
Majority of these Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports officials are collecting between $300 to $400 per day while the athletes are on $150
The 2014 ITTF Star Player also believes his performance has boosted the chance of African players in their quest to win Olympics medals.