Despite winning the women's singles gold medal at the Olympic Games, after returning from Tokyo, Chen Meng's state began to fluctuate, and in the finals of the National Games, the World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup, Chen Meng lost three consecutive singles championships. Among them, the defeat of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships is the most regrettable, if Chen Meng wins this championship, she can become a Grand Slam player comparable to Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning, but unfortunately she is still a little worse. However, a few days ago, After losing 3 consecutive crowns, Chen Meng received good news, and she once again pressed Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu to justify her name again.
National table tennis is now the era of newcomers to play the world, Ding Ning has retired, and Liu Shiwen's world ranking continues to decline, coupled with the impact of injuries, there is already a big gap between the state and the peak period. Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have formed a pattern of supporting the façade of the three giants, and in the next few years, they will represent the strongest force of national table tennis to participate in international competitions. Among these three, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are younger and more imposing, and although Chen Meng is older, she actually belongs to the late players of the big instrument, so the peak period of the three is basically overlapping.
Chen Meng's performance in recent years has been the most eye-catching, occupying the number one position in the world rankings, and won the singles gold medal at the Olympic Games, only one world table tennis singles champion away from becoming a Grand Slam player. Although Wang Manyu only participated in the Olympic team competition, she won the singles championship of the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships consecutively after the Olympic Games, and combined the national championship and the world championship in one. As for Sun Yingsha, she won the silver medal in singles at the Olympic Games, the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, and won the women's singles championship in the final of the WTT World Cup, and the results of 1 championship and 3 sub-championships were enough to prove her ability.
According to the news of the World Table Tennis Federation, Chen Meng locked the first position in the world ranking at the end of 2021, which is undoubtedly good news for Chen Meng, who lost 3 consecutive crowns after the Olympic Games. Sun Yingsha is second, Japan's Ito Mimachi is third, and Wang Manyu is fourth. Liu Shiwen has fallen out of the top ten, while Ding Ning, who has retired, is still ranked 6th, and the 5th place is the national table tennis champion Wang Yidi. In addition, Zhu Yuling still ranks 10th, although she has not participated in the competition for a long time, whether she can continue her career as an athlete is a question mark, but at least in the world rankings she is still ahead of Liu Shiwen.
The World Ranking is a comprehensive assessment of an athlete's performance over a period of time, reflecting the stability of an athlete's performance. Chen Meng's ability to lock in the first position at the end of the year this year is enough to show that her comprehensive strength and performance are the best among all female table tennis players. This time, Chen Meng once again pressed Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha, and the two national table tennis demon kings wanted to surpass Chen Meng in the world rankings and needed further efforts. Sun Yingsha seemed a little underwhelmed when facing Chen Meng, but Wang Manyu had already defeated Chen Meng several times, and her threat to Chen Meng was greater than that of Sun Yingsha.
It can be imagined that the world table tennis in the next few years will basically be the era of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu against Ito Mimachi. At the same time, facing the three masters of national table tennis, it is really quite tragic for Ito Mimachi. Of course, there are Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, the two players who participated in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, who can also beat Ito Mimako, and the strength of national table tennis is so!