The seeding list of players that will compete at the ITTF Premier Lotto Nigeria Open has been unveiled by the world table tennis ruling body.
The seeding list is made up of 16 men and eight women in the singles, while four boys and a girl were also listed in the seeding list of the championship.
In the men’s singles list, four Nigerian players were listed, with 2014 ITTF Star Player, Aruna Quadri, topping the list of seeding.
Quadri is followed by Africa’s most decorated table tennis player, Segun Toriola, who is the first African athlete to be competing in seven Olympic Games.
Other Nigerians on the 16-man seeding list are Portugal-based Bode Abiodun and Ojo Onaolapo, who were rated sixth and 11th respectively.
The two Nigerians that made the eight-man seeding list for women are Edem Offiong and Olufunke Oshonaike who are seeded sixth and seventh respectively, while 2010 African champion, Cameroun’s Sarah Hanffou, is rated eighth in the seeding list.
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