Tag: Nigeria Open 2018

Nigeria's Quadri Aruna has been seeded as number one in the men's singles category of the Nigeria Open 2018 ITTF Championship expected to take place at the Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports hall at the Teslim Balogun Stadium from August 8 to 12, 2018 in Lagos. Quadri was seeded number one being the highest rank in the competition, while Russia's Alexey Liventsov is seeded number two. Other players that made the top 10 seeding are Benedek Olah (3)-Finland, Samuel Walker (4)-England, Alexandre Robinot (5)- France, Horacio Cifuentes (6)-Argentina, Tamas Lakatos (7)- Hungary, Gavin Rumgay (8)-Scotland, and Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon of Thailand. In the women single category, Olufunke Oshonaike is the only Nigerian that made the top 10 list with Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut seeded as number one while Hungary's Szandra Pergel is seeded number two. Others are Italy's Giorgia Piccolin(3), Luxembourg's Sarah De Nutte (4), Italy’s Debora Vivarelli (5), Slovenia's Alex Galic (6), Colombia's Paula Medina (7), Nigeria's Oshonaike (8), Norway’s Ilka Doval (9) and Egypt’s Yousra Helmy (10). In the U-21 categories,– Romania’s Rares Sipos who is the defending champion in the men is the number one while Norway’s Ilka Doval is the number one seed in the women. Also Nigeria's Esther Oribamise who is bronze medalist in the 2018 African Youth Games, is the only Nigerian listed in the top eight players seeded in the women’s U-21. Three Nigerian players – Rilwan Akanbi, Nurudeen Hassan and Joshua Oladiran made the seeding list in the men’s U-21.FULL LIST BELOW2018 ITTF Challenge Nigeria OpenMEN’S SINGLES SEEDING Name Association WR Age Playing Style

1. ARUNA Quadri (NGR) 20 29 Attacker
2. LIVENTSOV Alexey (RUS) 86 36 Attacker
3. OLAH Benedek (FIN) 89 27 Attacker
4. MONTEIRO Thiago (BRA) 105 37 Attacker
5. WALKER Samuel (ENG) 110 23 Attacker
6. ROBINOT Alexandre (FRA) 112 22 Attacker
7. CIFUENTES Horacio (ARG) 113 20 Attacker
8. LAKATOS Tamas (HUN) 135 22 Attacker
9. RUMGAY Gavin (SCO) 138 33 Attacker
10. WISUTMAYTHANGKOON Supanut (THA) 142 22 Attacker
11. EL-BEIALI Mohamed (EGY) 146 30 Attacker
12. TROMER Laurens (NED) 150 23 Attacker
13. IDOWU Saheed (CGO) 155 28 Attacker
14. TORIOLA Segun (NGR) 161 43 Attacker
15. GLOD Eric (LUX) 173 24 Attacker
16. HACHARD Antonie (FRA) 177 24 Attacker
17. TANVIRIYAVECHAKUL Padasak (THA) 181 22 Attacker
18. OOSTWOUDER Ewout (NED) 188 24 Attacker
19. SEYFRIED Joe (FRA) 198 19 Attacker
20. OMOTAYO Olajide (NGR) 199 23 Attacker
21. CAZACU Alexandru (ROM) 219 29 Attacker
22. ABREFA Derek (GHA) 231 26 Attacker
23. ABIODUN Bode (NGR) 258 37 Attacker
24. BROSSIER Benjamin (FRA) 295 24 Attacker
25. LOTFIJANABADI Miad(IRI) 318 23 Attacker
26. NASIRU Kazeem (NGR) 355 43 Attacker
27. GANDHI Sarthak (IND) 367 24 Attacker
28. LINGEVELDT Kurt (RSA) 377 26 Attacker
29. SIPOS Rares (ROM) 395 17 Attacker
30. ASSAR Khalid (EGY) 412 25 Attacker
31. MONDAL Raj (IND) 414 25 Attacker
32. MAKANJUOLA Kazeem (NGR) 446 30 Attacker

 WOMEN’S SINGLES SEEDING Name Association WR Age Playing Style

1. SAWETTABUT Suthasini (THA) 59 23 Attacker
2. PERGEL Szandra (HUN) 65 29 Attacker
3. PICCOLIN Giorgia (ITA) 79 22 Attacker
4. DE NUTTE Sarah (LUX) 80 25 Attacker
5. VIVARELLI Debora (ITA) 86 25 Attacker
6. GALIC Alex (SLO) 114 23 Attacker
7. MEDINA Paula (COL) 124 29 Attacker
8. OSHONAIKE Olufunke (NGR) 132 42 Attacker
9. DOVAL Ilka (NOR) 176 20 Attacker
10. HELMY Yousra (EGY) 209 22 Attacker
11. EDEM Offiong (NGR) 217 31 Attacker
12. FAN Siqi (CHN) 239 20 Attacker
13. KULIKOVA Olga (RUS) 278 25 Attacker
14. BHANDARKAR Mallika (IND) 295 23 Attacker
15. ERMAKOVA Irina (RUS) 372 38 Attacker
16. AKPAN Cecilia (NGR) 383 32 Attacker

U21 MEN’S SINGLESPlayer Association WR Position U21

1. SIPOS Rares ROU 12
2. HELMY Mahmoud EGY 52
3. CIFUENTES Horacio ARG 56
4. BHANJA Ronit IND 85
5. AMATO Antonino ITA 90
6. AKANBI Rilwan NGR 159
7. HASSAN Nurudeen NGR 171
8. OLADIRAN Joshua NGR 186

U21 WOMEN’S SINGLESPlayer Association WR Position U21

1. DOVAL Ilka NOR 71
2. AKULA Sreeja IND 83
3. FAN Siqi CHN 89
4. ORIBAMISE Esther NGR 139
5. MOOKREY Simeen RSA 150
6. DESSCANN Sandhana MRI 156
7. LUZOLO Davina COD 179
8. JALIM Nandeshwaree MRI 179

WOMEN’S DOUBLES

1. DE NUTTE Sarah (LUX)/SAWETTABUT Suthasini (THA)
2. PERGEL Szandra (HUN)/VIVARELLI Debora (ITA)
3. DOVAL Ilka (NOR)/HELMY Yousra (EGY)
4. GALIC Alex (SLO)/PICCOLIN Giorgia (ITA)
5. ERMAKOVA Irina/KULIKOVA Olga (RUS)
6. EFFIOM Janet/OSHONAIKE Olufunke (NGR)
7. AKPAN Cecilia/EDEM Offiong (NGR)
8. AKULA Sreeja/BHANDARKAR Mallika (IND)

MEN’S DOUBLES

1. ASSAR Khalid/EL-BEIALI Mohamed (EGY)
2. OMOTAYO Olajide/TORIOLA Segun (NGR)
3. CAZACU Alexandru/SIPOS Rares (ROU)
4. BROSSIER Benjamin/HACHARD Antoine (FRA)
5. LAKATOS Tamas (HUN)/OLAH Benedek (FIN)
6. CIFUENTES Horacio (ARG)/MONTEIRO Thiago (BRA)
7. GANDHI Sarthak/YADAV Abhishek (IND)
8. ABDULLAHI Abdulrahman/OYETAYO Sola (NGR)

PARTICIPATING ASSOCIATIONS

1. Norway (NOR)
2. Russia (RUS)
3. Scotland (SCO)
4. Denmark (DEN)
5. England (ENG)
6. Slovenia (SLO)
7. Italy (ITA)
8. Hungary (HUN)
9. Romania (ROU)
10. France (FRA)
11. Finland (FIN)
12. Luxembourg (LUX)
13. Netherlands (NED)
14. India (IND)
15. China (CHN)
16. Iran (IRI)
17. Thailand (THA)
18. Colombia (COL)
19. Argentina (ARG)
20. Brazil (BRA)
21. Mauritius (MRI)
22. Congo Brazzaville (CGO)
23. Congo DRC (COD)
24. Ghana (GHA)
25. Egypt (EGY)
26. South Africa (RSA)
27. Nigeria (NGR)