Aruna Quadri is rank 23 in ITTF after his participation in the ITTF World Tour Qatar Open.

Quadri who was rated 25th in the March 2019 rating is now the 23rd ranked player in the world and the best ranked African player in the world ahead of his arch-rival – Egypt’s Omar Assar.

Quadri will not be competing in the preliminary stage of next month’s World Championship in Hungary, as the 2018 ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open champion will be starting his campaign alongside the elite players from the main draw (round of 128) of the men’s singles.

He will join in the main draw by Egypt’s Assar, while Omotayo and Segun Toriola and Bode Abiodun, will start their campaigns from the preliminary round of the competition