Nigerian Aruna Quadri is First African to Win International Table Tennis Player of the Year Award

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History was made on Wednesday January 7th, 2015, Aruna Quadri was named the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Player of the Year for 2014.

He was voted best male table tennis player because he defeated a number of reputable players last year; he defeated China’s Xu Xin as well as Fan Zhendong, who is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist. He also defeated 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.

In his own words:

“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,” Quadri said.

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