The National Table Tennis Grand Slam World Rankings were canceled! Liu Shiwen, Xu Xin all the way down, will they retire? The International Table Tennis Federation released the latest edition of the world rankings, the national table tennis Grand Slam winner Ding Ning due to a long period of no competition, coupled with has retired, so Ding Ning's points have been emptied, the world ranking has been officially removed. At present, there are three veterans in the national table tennis, namely Ma Long, Xu Xin, liu Shiwen, but in addition to Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen's world rankings are continuing to decline, which can't help but worry about whether Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen can participate in WTT Grand Slam events normally.
In September last year, Ding Ning announced her retirement through social media, and then Ding Ning went to Peking University to study for graduate school, but her world ranking was not cancelled soon, until 5 months after Ding Ning's retirement, her world ranking was officially removed by the International Table Tennis Federation. With the cancellation of Ding Ning's world ranking, there are still three veterans of the national table tennis still insisting, but in addition to Ma Long ranking second in the men's singles world, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen's world rankings have declined significantly, of which Xu Xin is now ranked ninth in the men's singles world, and Liu Shiwen is ranked 16th in the world women's singles. Although Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin participated in the WTT Macau Championship at the beginning of this year, because there were no points in this event, the world rankings of the two fell all the way, and Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin gave up the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup Finals, so the world rankings of the two should still decline.
The first WTT Grand Slam will start in Singapore on March 7, from the list released by the International Table Tennis Federation, the national table tennis will send 12 players to participate, of which Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are in three events, although Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen are also in the list, but the world ranking of the two has no advantage, and as many as 39 athletes have qualified to participate, which means that a large number of athletes have no chance to participate in the WTT Grand Slam, and there are many young players. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen can participate in the first WTT Grand Slam.
Previously, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen voluntarily withdrew from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and gave up the opportunity to participate in the competition to the young players, and this time Will Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen quit again and leave more opportunities for the young people in the team? Considering that there are indeed more qualified players, it is not until the beginning of the competition, it is not good to say who can stand on the field.