Tennis
ITTF: Table Tennis Titan Quadri Aruna Tops African Rankings, Soars To 17th In World
- Quadri Aruna regained Africa’s top spot and rose to 17th globally after winning the ITTF Africa Cup.
- While Omar Assar slipped to 22nd due to expired points.
- Mohamed El-Beiali climbed to 49th, and Dina Meshref maintains top spot in the female category.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Quadri Aruna reclaimed the top spot in the continental ranking less than two months after surrendering it, leaping to 17th place in the latest ITTF rankings released on Tuesday by the world table tennis governing body.
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Aruna, who recently secured victory at the ITTF Africa Cup in Rwanda earlier this month.
He ascended two spots on the ranking ladder to become the highest-rated African globally.
Egypt’s Omar Assar, who previously surpassed Aruna in the rankings, fell to 22nd place in the world.
After holding the top African spot for the past two months following his success at the African Games in Ghana.
Assar’s decline in the world ranking occurred because the quarter-finals points he accumulated at the Durban 2023 World Championships in South Africa expired.
Egypt’s Dina Meshref
Which eventually resulted in a loss of points and subsequently causing his ranking to drop.
Among Africa’s notable movers in May is Egypt’s Mohamed El-Beiali, who climbed to become the third-best-ranked player on the continent and 49th globally.
His achievement follows a runner-up finish at the 2024 ITTF Africa Cup, where he faced a 4-0 defeat against Aruna in Kigali.
Although she dropped a spot, Egypt’s Dina Meshref maintained her position at the top of Africa’s rankings, holding the 24th spot globally.
Meanwhile, Meshref’s compatriot, Hana Goda, stayed at 31st place in the world rankings.
With the completion of all continental quotas for the Olympic Games, players are now eager to secure their tickets to Paris via the world ranking.
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This system will be in effect on June 11 as the ITTF finalizes the list of participants for the 2024 Olympic Games in France.
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