Nigerian table tennis play, Quadri Aruna has overtaken Egypt’s Omar Assar to become Africa’s highest-ranked table tennis player in the world.
In the rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday, Aruna now occupies the 18th position with 1290 points, moving up one place from the previous rankings.
The feat came in spite of Aruna finishing as runner-up at the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup, and his impressive performances at the World Table Tennis tournaments this year.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aruna is the only African male player to have reached the semifinals of the WTT Contender in Doha, repeating his 2023 feat earlier this year with another semifinal finish.
This achievement propelled him ahead of Assar, who was crowned champion of the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup two weeks ago.
