2018 Nigeria Open: Quadri seeded number one, Oshonaike eighth

By Admin 2018 Nigeria Open: Quadri seeded number one, Oshonaike eighth The International Table Tennis Federation has unveiled the seeding list for the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open taking place next month in Lagos with former African champion Aruna Quadri as number one in the men’s singles. Quadri is the highest ranked player in the tournament from the ITTF rankings and was joined by Russia’s Alexey Liventsov as number two in the seeding of 32 for men’s singles. Other players that made the top 10 seeding list are 2016 Champion – Finalnd’s Benedek Olah (3), Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro (4), England’s Samuel Walker (5), France’s Alexandre Robinot (6), Argentina’s Horacio Cifuentes (7), Hungary’s Tamas Lakatos (8), Scotland’s Gavin Rumgay (9) and Thailand’s Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon (10). Olufunke Oshonaike is the only Nigerian that made the top 10 seeding list of the women’s singles with Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut seeded as number one. 2016 Champion – Hungary’s Szandra Pergel is seeded number two. Others are Italy’s Giorgia Piccolin (3), Luxembourg’s Sarah De Nutte (4), Italy’s Debora Vivarelli (5), Slovenia’s Alex Galic (6), Colombia’s Paula Medina (7), Nigeria’s Oshonaike (8), Norway’s Ilka Doval (9) and Egypt’s Yousra Helmy (10). In the U-21 categories, defending champion in the men – Romania’s Rares Sipos is the number one while Norway’s Ilka Doval in the number one seed in the women. 2018 African Youth Games bronze medalist, Esther Oribamise is the one Nigerian listed in the top eight players seeded in the women’s U-21. Three Nigerian players – Rilwan Akanbi, Nurudeen Hassan and Joshua Oladiran made the seeding list in the men’s U-21. Credit: newtelegraphonline.com