The International Table Tennis Federation recently announced the latest edition of the world rankings, and the national table tennis continues to dominate the list. Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng are ranked first in the world in men's and women's singles, and Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha occupy the first place in the women's doubles world. How would you rate this list? Let's analyze it in detail.
There are fewer games and the singles high-pick players have remained largely unchanged
After the WTT World Cup finals, the ITTF entered a short off-season. After the start of the 2022 season, Germany was also snubbed, and the top 30 players in the world ranking basically did not participate. Therefore, there is basically not much change in the ranking of high-ranking players. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Hugo, ranked in the top four of the men's singles, and six members of the national table tennis entered the top sixteen of the men's singles. Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Ito Mimachi and Wang Manyu are in the top four of women's singles, and eight members of national table tennis have entered the top sixteen of women's singles.
Wtt Macau is about to start, although the national table tennis sent a full main team to play, but this competition due to the small number of participants, there are no points. The National Table Tennis Championships in Japan and South Korea are about to start, and the players of the corresponding associations are in a tense preparation. Trapped by the impact of the epidemic, there were basically not too many high-ranking players participating in the two wtt German matches. Therefore, the world ranking will not change much in the short term, especially for high-ranking players.
In the doubles arena, the national table tennis entered the stage of alternating between the old and the new, which affected the world ranking
Men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, three doubles world rankings, only Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha won the world first place in women's doubles. The ranking basically reflects the current situation of national table tennis, and there is not much controversy.
In men's doubles, Lin Gaoyuan / Liang Jingkun ranked fourth in the world, which is the highest ranking combination of national table tennis. Ma Long/Xu Xin is the number one mixed doubles in the past of national table tennis, and the combination of men's doubles is basically around Xu Xin. Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun, two Mesozoic players, did not have many opportunities to participate in the competition before, and once Ma Long and Xu Xin participated selectively, the impact on the ranking was also very large.
In terms of women's doubles, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha ranked first in the women's doubles world, which is well deserved, without any controversy. In the 19th World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha defeated Hina Hayata / Ito Mimachi to win the women's doubles championship for the first time. At the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha are all third-tier fighters, withstanding the pressure, and the women's doubles completed the defense.
In mixed doubles, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen ranked third in the world, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha ranked fifth in the world. The Xinwen group competed in the Olympic Games, but did not participate in the World Table Tennis Championships. The Shatou combination participated in the World Table Tennis Championships, but did not participate in the Olympic Games, which is the key to the fact that neither pair can become the world number one.
After the Tokyo Olympics, the national table tennis accelerated the speed of the replacement of the old and the new, which can be clearly seen from the world rankings. I hope that the national table tennis can have a more wonderful performance in the 2022 season, come on!
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