26-year-old Nigerian Aruna Quadri
has been named the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Player of
the year. At the colourful award ceremony that had respected table tennis
players and administrators from around the world converge in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE), Quadri claimed two awards ahead of players from Asia and Europe
and becomes the first African to win the top prize. The world’s number 30
ranked player was voted the Best Male player beating world number one, China’s
Xu Xin and his compatriot, Fan Zhendong, who is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games
gold medallist as well as Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, who is the 2014 European
Team Championships winner and the first Portuguese player to be ranked top 10
in the world.
An elated Quadri described the
achievement as the best in his career, while acknowledging the support he got
globally from table tennis fans. “This is the best day of my career and I want
to thank the organizers for considering me for this. I also want to thank all
my fans all over the world for their support because this is unbelievable for
me and I promise to continue to work hard,” he said.
An elated Quadri
described the achievement as the best in his career, while acknowledging
the support he got globally from table tennis fans.
“This is the best day of my career and I want to thank the organizers
for considering me for this. I also want to thank all my fans all over
the world for their support because this is unbelievable for me and I
promise to continue to work hard,” he said.
Read more at: Nigerian becomes first African to win International Tennis Player Of The Year award | LATEST NIGERIAN NEWS BREAKING HEADLINES NEWSPAPERS
Read more at: Nigerian becomes first African to win International Tennis Player Of The Year award | LATEST NIGERIAN NEWS BREAKING HEADLINES NEWSPAPERS
An elated Quadri
described the achievement as the best in his career, while acknowledging
the support he got globally from table tennis fans.
“This is the best day of my career and I want to thank the organizers
for considering me for this. I also want to thank all my fans all over
the world for their support because this is unbelievable for me and I
promise to continue to work hard,” he said.
Read more at: Nigerian becomes first African to win International Tennis Player Of The Year award | LATEST NIGERIAN NEWS BREAKING HEADLINES NEWSPAPERS
Read more at: Nigerian becomes first African to win International Tennis Player Of The Year award | LATEST NIGERIAN NEWS BREAKING HEADLINES NEWSPAPERS
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