Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has been listed in three-man Joola team that will feature in this week’s 17th edition of North American Table Tennis Teams Championships holding in United States.
Quadri, who is ranked 30 in the world, will be joined by former world champion and Olympian, Jörg Roßkopf as well as Austria’s Chen Weixing.
The 2014 NATT tournament holds from November 28 to 30 at the National Harbor, Maryland inside the Gaylord National Resort.
Quadri will be making his debut in the competition powered by Germany-based kits firm, Joola.
Weixing, a veteran of the tournament and also world ranked 49, will add his defensive style to the Joola team.
The organisers believe Quadri will add glamour to the tournament with his superb forehand, which has helped him to defeat some of the top rated players in the world.
“The 17th edition of NATT’s Teams event, we will be enjoying our second year at our new venue! 2013 was a great success and we expect 2014 to be no different. Traditionally the largest table tennis competition in North America, this three-day tournament features a team component in an otherwise individual-focused sport in the US.
The first day will give you an opportunity to play higher and lower ranked teams based on your original seeding and will eventually determine your division placement for the rest of the event.
After the first day, teams will spend the remainder of the tournament playing in a large round robin and face equally competitive teams that also placed in the same division,” the statement stated.
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