Table Tennis: Congo’s Saheed Idowu ranked 7th in Africa

Congo’s Saheed Idowu is ranked 7^th in Africa and 160^th in the World according to the latest ITTF rankings during the weekend.

The Ibadan born table tennis player told www.aclsports.com attributed lack of tournament to his drop at the ranking.

He expressed optimism returning to the top five ranked player soon.

Idowu said, “About my latest ranking, I feel happy seeing myself among Africa top players in the world but I know I can do better. Before now, I have been ranked number 149 in the world but in the last two months, I have missed some African tournaments which has affected my ranking”.

Idowu said plans are underway to attend world championships and African Cup before the 2019 All Africa Games.

He said, “I am looking forward to world championship first and also African cup before all Africa games. I believe that I am going to move forward in the ITTF rankings after attending some tournaments”.

Latest ITTF World ranking released yesterday

African stars ranking

1^st Aruna Quadri (Nigeria) 25^th in the world

2^nd Omar Assar (Egypt) 44^th in the world

3^rd Ali Mohammed (Egypt) 110^th in the world

4^th Saleh Ahmed (Egypt) 128^th in the world

5^th Segun Toriola (Nigeria) 135^th in the world

6^th Omotayo Olajide (Nigeria) 136^th in the world

7^th Idowu Saheed (Congo) 160^th in the world

8^th Assar Khaled (Egypt) 182^nd in the world

9^th Kherouf Sami (Algeria) 196^th in the world

10^th Bode Abiodun (Nigeria) 199^th in the world