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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