Quadri Aruna has been ranked 13th in the world with 2005 points after his performance in Singapore.
Aruna moved one place higher on the International Table Tennis Federation(,ITTF) latest ranking on Tuesday
The African champion bowed out in the quarterfinal finish at the just concluded WTT Singapore Smash.
Aruna became the first African to reach the quarterfinal round of the WTT Singapore Smash.
On his way to the last eight, he edged out some of the finest players in the world.
The icing on the cake for Aruna was the emphatic defeat over domineering Japanese star, Tomokazu Harimoto, who had previously beaten the Nigerian thrice.
The African Table Tennis Champion will focus on WTT Champions Xinxiang in China next month
