The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has ranked Nigeria’s teenage table tennis power hand Musa Mustapha as the world’s best player in the boys’ U-11 Cadet category.
Mustapha made his senior debut at the 2018 Nigeria Open in Lagos and was part of the Nigerian team that won the 2019 ITTF Junior Circuit in Ghana.
According to the rankings released by the ITTF, Mustapha has 128 points, which made him occupy the number one spot in the U-11, while he is also ranked 17th in the U-13 category.
Mustapha becomes the second African to be rated number one in the world after Hana Goda was in 2020 named the best U-15 in the girls category in the world.
Meanwhile, National junior champion Taiwo Matti is ranked 12th and 64th in the U-17 and U-19 world rankings respectively.
The new WTT Youth Series replaces the ITTF World Junior Circuit and is now complemented by the new ranking regulations.
Portugal will be hosting the WTT Youth Series from May 11 to 17, and this would be the first youth table tennis event to be held since the COVID-19 hiatus.
