On February 22, the Itté Tennis Federation released the latest edition of the World Rankings.
Since there have been no international competitions recently, overall, the ranking has not changed much, and in the men's singles, Fan Zhendong is still ranked first in the world, followed by Ma Long.
Brazil's Hugo and Japan's Zhang Benzhihe came in third and fourth.
Liang Jingkun, Ochalov, Lin Yunru, Boer, Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan ranked 5th to 10th respectively.
In the women's singles, Sun Yingsha continued to rank first in the world, followed by Chen Meng.
Ito and Wang Manyu were ranked third to fourth, respectively.
Wang Yidi, Hayata Hina, Du Kaixuan, Ishikawa Yoshinori, Feng Tianwei, and Tian Zhixi occupied the other places in the top ten.
What is more interesting is that the world ranking of a generation of legendary superstars, Grand Slam winner Ding Ning, has been cancelled in the latest edition of the world ranking.
You know, in January, although it has been announced to retire, Ding Ning's world ranking is still high in the sixth, and in the previous world ranking, Ding Ning's world ranking is still in the 12th place before Chen Xingtong, Hirano Miyu, Zhu Yuling, and Liu Shiwen.
Now, with Ding Ning's world ranking canceled, the world rankings of Chen Xingtong, Hirano Miyu, Zhu Yuling, Liu Shiwen and so on have all risen by one place.
Ding Ning can be said to be a legendary superstar of Chinese women's table tennis, in her more than ten years of career, Ding Ning has won 1 Olympic singles championship, three World Table Tennis Singles Champions and three World Cup singles champions, and is second only to Wang Nan and Zhang Yining in the history of Chinese women's table tennis.
Ding Ning has won a total of 21 world championship titles in his career, second only to Wang Nan's 24 in the history of women's table tennis!
In fact, if it were not for the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, Ding Ning would have been able to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. However, due to the postponement of the Olympic Games, Ding Ning finally chose to retire, giving more opportunities to young athletes.
Now, with the cancellation of the world ranking, a generation of superstars has completely faded out of the table tennis world!
But Ding Ning's fighting spirit on the field is always worth learning from young athletes!