Africa’s most celebrated table tennis star, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and the current African champion, Egypt’s Omar Assar have been listed among the 64 seeded players for the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships holding in Dusseldorf, Germany on May 29 to June 5.

Already, 64 top players in the world including Olympic and World Champion, China’s Ma Long have been exempted from competing in the preliminary round of the championships while they are expected to begin their campaigns in the main draw (first round) of the tournament.

Quadri who has also been listed among the world title contenders by the world table tennis ruling body – International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is seeded number 31 in the men’s singles while his continental rival – Assar is rated 50 among the 64 top seeds.


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