ITTF U-11 Boys: Nigeria's Musa Mustapha Ranked World's Best

  ITTF U-11 Boys: Nigeria's Musa Mustapha Ranked World's Best By Admin Nigeria's Musa Mustapha has been ranked the World's Best in the ITTF Boys' U-11 Cadet Table Tennis Rankings with 128 points. Mustapha whose first competition was the National Youth Games in Ilorin where he represented FCT in table tennis event is also rated no. 17 in the world in the U-13 category. His brother, Mustapha Mustapha is ranked no. 18 in the U-13 category. With this development, Mustapha has become the second African to be rated number one in the world after Hana Goda was in 2020 named the best U-15 girls in the world. [caption id="attachment_46427" align="alignnone" width="300"] Musa Mustapha and his brother Mustapha Mustapha[/caption] The Abuja-based Mustapha was part of the Nigerian team that won the 2019 ITTF Junior Circuit in Ghana and the world table tennis ruling body has also been monitoring the player in the last three years after he made his senior debut at the 2018 Nigeria Open in Lagos. In the ranking list released by ITTF, Mustapha with 128 points is number one U-11 while he is also ranked 17th in the U-13 category while his brother Mustapha was rated 18th in the same cadre. The Al-Faizun Junior Academy student is expected to be part of the World Youth Series taking place later this year in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Meanwhile, national junior champion Taiwo Matti was ranked 12th and 64th in the U-17 and U-19 world rankings respectively.