Smarting from his victory at the International Table Tennis Federation Africa Senior Championship in Algeria, Nigeria’s Table Tennis star Aruna Quadri is set to defend the title in Tunisia next year.
The news came into public glare after the Table Tennis’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the completion of the African Senior Championship in Algeria last weekend.
It was at the AGM the body announced the hosts for the 2023 African Cup and Championship.
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Aruna, who is the highest ranked tennis player in Africa and 14th in the world, won the men’s singles title at the ITTF African Championship in Algeria. He came back from 2-0 down to beat top seed Egyptian, Omar Assar 4-3.
Aruna last won the tournament in 2018, with his last two ending in defeats in the hands of Assar.
ITTF President Petra Sorling led the world body delegation to the forum alongside Secretary General Raul Calin as well as Vice Presidents Dr Alaa Meshref and Wahid Oshodi of Nigeria.
Kenya and Tunisia were announced as host hosts the 2023 African Cup and Championship respectively while Madagascar got the nod to stage the Junior Championship in 2023 and Ethiopia to stage the 2024 seniors.