After the end of the journey of the WTT Oman Challenge, the world table tennis masters gathered in Singapore to start the first leg of the 2022 Grand Slam Tournament, after last week's challenge competition, the world ranking has changed slightly, of which Lin Gaoyuan, who was originally ranked 10th, surpassed the two world champions of Pol and Xu Xin with the results of the Oman Men's Singles Runner-up, rising to 8th, while the 31-year-old veteran Xu Xin fell to the 10th place of the new low in the past 10 years.
At present, the top 10 men's singles in the world ranking are: 1. Fan Zhendong 8598 points 2. Ma Long 5404 points 3. Calderano 4913 points 4. Zhang Benzhihe 4608 points 5. Liang Jingkun 4241 points 6.Ochalov 3798 points 7 Lin Yunru 3705 points 8 Lin Gaoyuan 3583 points 9.Pol 3512 points 10.Xu Xin 3452 points.
Among the top 10 men's singles masters, the biggest change in ranking is China's 26-year-old Lin Gaoyuan, who has won a lot of exercise opportunities in the Tokyo Olympic cycle as the key training object of the national table tennis year, but the results in the singles field are not outstanding, only one final runner-up, lost to Zhang Benzhihe, has not won a medal at the World Championships, and has been questioned because of the key matches of many times. However, since the competition after the Tokyo Olympic Games, Lin Gaoyuan has played steadily, and on the verge of elimination at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, he gritted his teeth and insisted on surviving the Swedish young player Carlberg to ensure that he did not lose the foreign war. Last week's Oman Sailin Gao Yuan was also a passerhead, although he did not defeat Liang Jingkun, but there was no upset of overturning in the middle, with the points of the runner-up, the world ranking rose 2 places.
In stark contrast to Lin Gaoyuan is the 31-year-old Xu Xin, who after missing a series of international competitions, the ranking naturally declined, from the 3rd place in 2021 all the way down to the 10th place, Lin Gaoyuan won the men's singles runner-up in Oman, Xu Xin dropped 1 place accordingly, the Singapore Grand Slam tournament will be a good opportunity for Xu Xin to strive to improve the ranking, this competition Xu Xin as the 8th seed to participate, if you can reach the top 4 or more, harvest rich points, the ranking will certainly have a corresponding improvement. Since Xu Xin's debut, the world ranking in the past 10 years has been in the top 5, it can be said that the current ranking is xu Xin's lowest point, but this ranking is not a true reflection of strength, but it is caused by the recent lack of participation.
After the Singapore Grand Slam, the ranking is expected to decline also world champion Ochalov, who has been absent from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, the European Round of 16 and various open tournaments due to knee injuries, although the world ranking is still in the 6th position, but considering the high number of Grand Slam points, and lin Yunru, Lin Gaoyuan, Bohr and Xu Xin, who are ranked after Ochalov, are likely to play well, and the probability of surpassing him is very large.
The main obstacles to winning the men's singles at the Singapore Grand Slam include four players: Japan's Zhang Benzhihe, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, Germany's Bohr and Brazil's Calderano. 4 people in the world ranking are in the top 10, Zhang Benzhi and just won the men's singles championship in the Japanese Lion King Cup, the confidence of him should be the number one strong enemy, Lin Yunru has not appeared in the world table tennis after changing the coach, do not know what changes Coach Wei Qingguang will bring him, 41-year-old Pol and Calderano are excellent leaders in Europe and the United States, after this game, I believe that the world ranking will usher in a huge change.