Goda, who has established herself as one of the most talented players to have emerged from Africa and has remained number one in the last one year while her performance in several WTT Youth Contender Series has made her a delight to watch on the table.
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Specifically, he charged the players to take a cue from Aruna who has been described by WTT as one of the most consistent players in terms of performance and participation in international competitions.
The WRWG is made of nine members representing all the ITTF’s diverse interests and expertise.
The new ranking was achieved by Aruna following the approval of the new World Ranking system by the ITTF Executive Committee.
Aiyepeku who is also a member of the ATTF-appointed Main Organising Committee (MOC) believes the state would continue to impress the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) by raising the standard of its competition annually.
Valuejet Lagos Para Open is the second para tournament to be staged in Africa in 2022 after Egypt Open.
After his quarterfinal finish at the 2021 World Championships in Houston, United States, Aruna rose to 14th in the world ranking to become the first African in history to reach that height.
The Nigerian was ranked 17 in the world before the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, Texas, in the United States, and based on the feat in Houston, Aruna gained four steps up in the ranking to be rated 13th in the ITTF ranking being the first by an African.
The Nigerian who had earlier in the round of 16 defeated a Swedish Kristian Karlsson bemoaned his inability to tame the young and skillful 19-year-old Swede after falling behind in the first two games of the 4-2 (13-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-4, 12-14, 11-7) loss in the quarter finals.
The host, Nigeria, would slug it out with Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin Republic, Togo and Liberia at the four-day championship.
In the Week 37 of September 14 ranking released by the world table tennis ruling body, Aruna, who was runner’s up in the men’s singles of the Cameroon 2021 ITTF African Championships, moved four steps up the ranking ladder to be rated 15 as the first African to attain such height in the world ranking to erase Omar Assar’s record of world number 16 set by the Egyptian on January 2018.
The tournament, according to African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) serves as a qualification for the 2021 ITTF World Championship scheduled for November in Houston, United States.
The Nigerian who was ranked 123 before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games gained seven steps up the ladder to be rated 116 in the world, the third best African player in the world behind Egypt’s duo of Dina Meshref and Yousra Helmy who were ranked 37 and 101 respectively in the latest world rating.
Nigeria’s national U-21 champion Taiwo Mati has been listed among the awardees of 2021 With The Future In Mind (WFIM)…
He was elected at the virtual General Assembly of the continental body on Saturday
The two cities: Durban and Dusseldorf, bid for the right to host the tournament in 2023 and after member associations of the International Table Tennis Federation voted at the 2020 virtual ITTF AGM, South Africa clinched it.
In a statement released by ITTF at the weekend, the Men’s and Women’s World Cups will kick-start the restart on international table tennis competitions after several months of suspended activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement issued by the world table tennis ruling body, #TableTennisUnited is aimed at raising fund to support the athletes, coaches, umpires, national associations and field projects who are all in need of a helping hand in these difficult times necessitated by COVID-19.
Having ended 2019 as 20th ranked player in the world, Aruna Quadri has started the New Year as the 18th world best player following the release of the January 2020 ranking by the International Table Tennis Federation.
Okanlawon’s inclusion was based on his superb outing at the 2019 ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge in Salalah, Oman.