The World Table Tennis Tournament (WTT) has fined Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna $5,000 for missing two WTT tournaments.
Aruna failed to participate at the World Team Championships in February this year and the WTT Champions event in March, citing diarrhoea and club commitments.
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However, Aruna, as reported by Sportstar, has approached the ITTF Tribunal after being fined $5000 by WTT, which believes that the Nigerian is not giving WTT the importance it deserves.
Aruna argued that he informed WTT well in advance of his non-availability for the World Cup and World Champions Tour.
The 36-year-old four-time Olympian said he could approach the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if he doesn’t get justice from the ITTF Tribunal.
Speaking to Sportstar via a virtual interaction on Thursday, Quadri, who is representing U Mumbai TT at the Ultimate Table Tennis League, said: “I really believe WTT has framed bad rules. They make things so expensive for the players. Table tennis was never this expensive when ITTF was involved in organising tournaments. There used to be lots of players on the world tour.
“Now, everyone is losing money on the WTT tour. Nothing has changed. Everybody is complaining, but nobody is confident enough to come out and talk about it.
“They fined me $5000 even after I told them well in advance that I have my club commitments. I get my salary from my club. Only when I get my salary can I pay WTT. I have approached the ITTF Tribunal to resolve the issue. The case is pending. I am willing to go to CAS if I don’t get justice.“
