The organisers of the lucrative CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis League in India, have confirmed Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri as one of the top players who have signed up for the season two of the championship.
Some of the world’s finest table tennis stars would in June converge on Indian soil for the much-awaited second season of CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis.
India’s first ever professional table tennis league was well received by all the players, respective International Federations and audiences in its inaugural season.
Four of last year’s players-men’s world no. 20 Aruna and world no. 34 Kou Lei along with women’s world no. 22 Sofia Polcanova and world no. 72 Sabine Winter have already confirmed their participation in the second edition.
They’ll be looking to win the coveted title which they couldn’t lay their hands on in the inaugural season.
A few new additions have been made to the second season as well with the most notable players being men’s world no. 37 Alvaro Robles from Spain along with women’s world no. 20 Georgina Pota and world no. 25 Matilda Ekholm who have previously been a part of Seamaster ITTF India Open. Sweden’s Matilda Ekholm and Hungary’s Georgina Pota had won the doubles title at Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour India Open in New Delhi.
African champion and one of the best offensive players on the table, Aruna, has had a great run in 2017 having won the Polish Open and achieved a World ranking of 20- the best in his career so far.
He played for Oilmax Stag Yoddhas in the inaugural season where he went on to win a total of 198 points for his team. Oilmax Stag Yoddhas finished last season at fifth place.
Joining Aruna for the second edition of CEAT UTT is World No. 34 Kou Lei who plied his trade alongside Marcos Freitas for the Dabang Smashers T.T.C. Kou Lei recently won the Oman Fibre Optic International Open held in Muscat. He scored a total of 174 points during the first edition to help Dabang Smashers T.T.C reach third position in the league.
Women’s world no. 22 Sofia Polcanova and world no. 72 Sabine Winter are back for the second season as well. They played alongside ace Indian paddler Sharath Kamal for RP-SG Mavericks last season and together scored 416 points for the team that finished at the bottom of the league table.
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