Nigeria’s Aruna
Quadri and Portugal’s Jieni Shao are number one seeds in the men and women
singles of the 2017 ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open ‘Lagos 2017.’
In the seeding list released at the weekend by the
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Quadri who is ranked 29 in the
world tops the men’s list while his continental rival Egypt’s Omar Assar is
number two seed. Assar is rated 38 in the world.
Just as Portugal’s Jieni Shao tops the seeding list
in the women’s singles, host nation Olufunke Oshonaike is the only Nigerian
that made the seeding list in the women’s singles event of the competition.
2009 mixed doubles world champion, Qatar’s Li Ping
is number three seed in the men’s singles, while defending champion, Finland’s
Benedek Olah is fourth on the seeding list.
Frenchman, Antoine
Hachard is fifth while India’s talisman and 2016 Belgium Open champion,
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is sixth on the seeding list.
The second Egyptian
on the seeding list is former African champion, Ahmed Saleh, who will be making
his debut at the Nigeria Open, and he is seeded seventh while India’s southpaw,
Sanil Shetty is eighth.
2014 Nigeria Open U-21 champion and quarterfinalist
at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Nigeria’s Ojo Onaolapo is 12th on
the seeding list while Nigeria-born Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu is 13th.
Other top players
that made the seeding cut are Scotland’s Gavin Rumgay (ninth); Romania’s duo of Rares Sipos and Alexandru Cazacu
are 10th and 11th seed respectively.
In the seeding list released at the weekend by the
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Quadri who is ranked 29 in the
world tops the men’s list while his continental rival Egypt’s Omar Assar is
number two seed. Assar is rated 38 in the world.
Just as Portugal’s Jieni Shao tops the seeding list
in the women’s singles, host nation Olufunke Oshonaike is the only Nigerian
that made the seeding list in the women’s singles event of the competition.
2009 mixed doubles world champion, Qatar’s Li Ping
is number three seed in the men’s singles, while defending champion, Finland’s
Benedek Olah is fourth on the seeding list.
Frenchman, Antoine
Hachard is fifth while India’s talisman and 2016 Belgium Open champion,
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is sixth on the seeding list.
The second Egyptian
on the seeding list is former African champion, Ahmed Saleh, who will be making
his debut at the Nigeria Open, and he is seeded seventh while India’s southpaw,
Sanil Shetty is eighth.
2014 Nigeria Open U-21 champion and quarterfinalist
at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Nigeria’s Ojo Onaolapo is 12th on
the seeding list while Nigeria-born Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu is 13th.
Other top players
that made the seeding cut are Scotland’s Gavin Rumgay (ninth); Romania’s duo of Rares Sipos and Alexandru Cazacu
are 10th and 11th seed respectively.
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