Aruna Quadri has been listed among the 24 foreign players for the maiden edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis League holding in Chennai, India despite his second round exit at the just-concluded International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships.
The global status of the 2014 ITTF Star Player continues to attract interest from world-class tournaments as he rose to 35 from 37 in the latest ITTF ranking released for June 2017.
Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Germany’s Han Ying will head the list of foreign players who will compete in Ultimate Table Tennis starting on Thursday 13th July.
In the list of foreign players released by the organizers – 11Even Sports, Aruna Quadri will be joined in the tournament by Wong Chun Ting (Hong Kong), Marcos Freitas (Portugal), Tiago Apolonia (Portugal), Stefan Fegerl (Austria), Kou Lei (Ukraine), Panagiotis Gionis (Greece), Andrej Gacina (Croatia), Par Gerell (Sweden), Li Ping (Qatar), Joao Monteiro (Portugal) and Liam Pitchford (England) in the men’s category.
The foreign female players are Han Ying (Germany), Wu Yang (China), Doo Hoi Kem (Hong Kong), Hu Melek (Turkey), Liu Jia (Austria), Petrissa Solja (Germany), Lee Ho Ching (Hong Kong), Fu Yu (Portugal), Li Qian (Poland), Sabine Winter (Germany), Polina Mikhailova (Russia) and Tetyana Bilenko (Ukraine).
Sharath Kamal Achanta and Manika Batra head the host nation’s challenge.
The tournament is the first ever professional table tennis league to be held in India, the concept comprises six franchises and will be staged in three cities.
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