Thursday, 8 January 2015

A Nigerian becomes first African to win ITTF Awards

26 year old Nigerian international tennis player, Quadri Aruna has won the 2014 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), making him the first African to win the coveted prize.
At an award ceremony held at the Armani Hotel in Dubai today January 1st, Aruna beat Portugal's Marcos Freitas and Chinese pair Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin to land the coveted prize.

He is ranked 30th best tennis player in the world.
See more photos after the cut....



Very excited Aruna, while expressing his gratitude to the award organisers, believed he won the awards by luck.

He said, “Today is the best day of my career and my life. I am dedicating this unbelievable award to my fans all over the world who took their time to vote for me.”


We celebrate with him.

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