{"id":1120,"date":"2018-05-23T22:44:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T22:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2018-05-23T22:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T22:44:31","slug":"aruna-quadri-others-aim-for-ranking-points-at-hong-kong-open-nigerias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=1120","title":{"rendered":"Aruna Quadri, others aim for ranking points at Hong Kong Open  Nigeria\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aruna Quadri, others aim for ranking points at Hong Kong Open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigeria\u2019s <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zainab Tanimu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aruna Quadri will join some of the best table tennis players in the world aiming for honours and ranking points at the ITTF World Tour tagged Hong Kong Open Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the Nigerian has been listed among the 16-man seeding list for the $145,000 prize money championship as most of the players are targeting ranking points in the Asia city.<\/p>\n<p>Quadri who recently claimed the Portuguese league with Sporting is seeded 13<sup>th<\/sup> while Egypt\u2019s Omar Assar has been seeded sixth while home boy \u2013 Ting Chun Wong is the number one seed.<\/p>\n<p>Quadri and other 15 seeded players will start their campaign from the main draw on Thursday May 24 while the qualifiers began on Tuesday May 22.<\/p>\n<p>A confident Quadri said he is hoping to finish among the best in the event. \u201cI will try my best to do well and I hope my best will see me through because this is the assembly of cr\u00e8me-de-la-cr\u00e8me in world table tennis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Olympic Games gold medalist, World champion and winner of the Men\u2019s World Cup, alongside colleague Ma Long are the only player to hold all three prestigious titles at the same time but for China\u2019s Zhang Jike, in order to reserve a place in the Hong Kong Open, he must succeed compete in qualification tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Home fans will be very much focus on Wong Chun Ting. He is the top seed in the Men\u2019s Singles event. Furthermore, he partners Ho Kwan Kit in the Men\u2019s Doubles competition where they are the no.3 seeds, behind Korea Republic\u2019s Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu, the runners up earlier this year in Germany. Japan\u2019s Jin Ueda and Maharu Yoshimura are the no.2 seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the name of Lee Sangsu is prominent in the Men\u2019s Singles event; he is the no.2 seed, ahead of Japan\u2019s Kenta Matsudaira, Portugal\u2019s Marcos Freitas and Chinese Taipei\u2019s Chuang Chih-Yuan.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s Omar Assar, Denmark\u2019s Jonathan Groth and Germany\u2019s Ruwen Filus complete the top eight names.<\/p>\n<p>Korea Republic in evidence, it is the same on the Under 21 Men\u2019s Singles order of merit, Lim Jonghoon heads the list, colleague Cho Seungmin is the no.4 seed; Japan\u2019s Yuto Kizukuri and Germany\u2019s Joe Seyfried are the players sandwiched in between.<\/p>\n<p>However, all need to be aware two names that could well upset the seeding; Niu Guankai and Xu Haidong both appear on the listing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aruna Quadri, others aim for ranking points at Hong Kong Open Nigeria\u2019s Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA Aruna Quadri will join some of the best table tennis players in the world aiming for honours and ranking points at the ITTF World Tour tagged Hong Kong Open Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. 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