Text/Mr. Basket Guo
The 12th week of the ITTF world rankings came out in time, according to the new point system, the recent WTT Singapore Grand Slam, or still affect the ranking of the players, if the results are OK, naturally you can get a good ranking, and if the results are not good, the ranking may decline. After this ranking came out, many people found a point, that is, like Chinese women's table tennis, the top three athletes are all Chinese male table tennis athletes, namely Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun.
In this, Liang Jingkun is indeed very powerful, he is the world's third-ranked athlete. This is a great affirmation for Liang Jingkun. Just past the tournament, although he was kept clean by Malone. But what? He still has absolute strength. Such a kind of strength is the strength of the top four.
In the final four, all three are Chinese athletes, and Yukiya Aida is not a Chinese athlete, the latter entered the final four and played against Fan Zhendong for the first time. In the end, Yukiya Umada lost 2-4 to Fan Zhendong and missed the final. For Yukiya Utada, entering the final four is already an opportunity. Because, his world ranking was only 49th. Such athletes do not have absolute strength.
Liang Jingkun's ranking continues to rise. But there are also people's rankings, there is no way to move. For example, Fan Zhendong in the first place and Ma Long in the second place, the ranking of 2 people is still the same. What's more, Ma Long is nearly 2000 points more than Liang Jingkun in third place, Ma Long is 6804 points, and Liang Jingkun is 4941 points.
Interestingly, the fourth-place athlete is very close to Liang Jingkun, with 4923 points. That is, just an 18-point gap. Such a reality actually means that for Liang Jingkun, his ranking of the third place in the world is actually not so stable. Such a situation is also completely conceivable. Because, the gap is really too small.
However, the world's number one athlete is still Fan Zhendong, and it gives people a feeling of cliff-like leadership. What is a cliff-like lead? It's an absolute lead. It can even be said that after the Olympic Games, whether there is Malone or not, he has won the vast majority of the events. This time at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong defeated Ma Long and won the championship.
On such a list, Fan Zhendong is also far ahead, and he ranks first with 10598 points. Such a score is close to more than Malone's 4,000 points. For Malone, the main event is not much. But in the last 2 years of competitive status, Ma Long is not as good as Fan Zhendong. The latter is at its peak. For Malone, it's a slow slide. You know, in the past, Ma Long could easily defeat Fan Zhendong, but now? It's up to luck. Moreover, if you kill to the end, Malone's physical disadvantage is also more obvious. Therefore, today's Chinese men's table tennis, it can almost be said that it is the era of Fan Zhendong. And Malone's time, whether you admit it or not, is slowly coming to an end. Because, a lot of things have been shown to be obvious.
Men's Singles Latest World Ranking: Liang Jingkun rose to third place, and Fan Zhendong's cliff-like lead ranked first. Such a world ranking is indeed worth interpreting. Anyway, continue to pay attention to it, and see how long Fan Zhendong's far-ahead posture can be maintained.