Quadri drops in ITTF rankings

International Table Tennis Federation Star Player of 2014, Aruna Quadri, has dropped 15 places from 45th to 60th in the July ITTF rankings.

Quadri, who remains Nigeria’s highest-ranked table tennis player with 2183 points, has been struggling in the rankings since January when he was ranked 30th.

He was ranked 32nd in February, 31st in March, 38th in April, 44th in May and 45th in June.

Quadri performed below expectations when he was ousted in the first round at the ITTF World Championships in Suzhou, China in April and finished in the quarterfinals at the ITTF World Tour in Zagreb in May.

Veteran Nigeria star Segun Toriola also dropped from 162nd to 171st, scoring 1846 points. Ojo Onaolapo was ranked 356th, Abdulrahman Abdullahi 401st, Makanjuola Kazeem 454th, and Olawale Olaniyi 578th.

China continued to dominate the top 10 with Ma Long still number one and Xu Xin number two. Fan Zhendong remains number three and Zhang Jike number four.

Japanese Mizutani Jun took the fifth position followed by Germany’s Ovtcharov Dimitrij in the sixth position.

Another German Boll Timo came seventh followed by Samsonov Vladimir of Bulgaria in the eighth place. China’s Fang Bo took the ninth position while portugals’ Freitas Marcus was ranked 10th.

In the women’s rankings, Funke Oshonaike, who remains the highest-ranked Nigerian, dropped 30 places from 220th to 250th, scoring 1821 points.

Offiong Edem improved from 265th to 260th while Cecilia Akpan dropped from 325th to 321st. Janet Effiom went from 484th to 491st while Atinuke Olaide remains in 505th position. However, Halima Hussain moved from 514th to 512th.