On April 5, the World Table Tennis Federation announced the latest edition of the world rankings, Fan Zhendong MaLong and Chen Mengsun Yingsha ranked in the top two in the world for men and women, and locked the singles qualification for the Asian Games.
In this ranking, there are two young players whose performance is commendable. One is Liu Guoliang's beloved apprentice, Lin Shidong, a 17-year-old national table tennis player (about to have his birthday on April 18), and the other is a 17-year-old female player of Japanese table tennis, Miyu Kihara.
congratulate! Lin Shidong finally has a world ranking
Lin Shidong, a player from Hainan, is a player personally promoted by Liu Guoliang in 2020, at the end of that year, he won the all-youth championship and entered the national second team, after his own efforts and the training of the coach, Lin Shidong improved very quickly, and once defeated the Olympic champion Xu Xin in the domestic arena.
Seeing Lin Shidong's outstanding performance, Liu Guoliang once said bluntly: "I hope he and Zhang Benzhi and pick a game." Before the Oman Race in March, Lin Shidong had not participated in adult international competitions, and played in Oman as a wild card, winning the men's doubles championship (partner Xiang Peng) and singles final 8.
After that, Lin Shidong was invited by the World Table Tennis Federation to participate in the WTT Grand Slam as a direct match and reached the round of 32. In the latest world ranking, he ranked 415th, and finally had a ranking.
Amazing! The 17-year-old woman will be approaching the top 20
At the WTT Doha Star Challenge, 17-year-old female player Miyu Kihara from Japan Table Tennis met Han Ying, 39 years old, a sister of German table tennis, in the final, and the two competed to a 3-3 draw, and the decider was withdrawn due to Han Ying's injury, and Kihara Miyu won the gold medal in women's singles.
In the previous regular season, Miyu Kihara and Miyu Nagasaki won the gold medal in women's doubles, and the stars won the women's doubles championship. In the latest edition of the world rankings, Kihara Miyu ranked 22nd with 2101 points, only 283 points away from the 2384 points of Yang Xiaoxin, who ranked 20th, if played well, a game, Kihara Miyu can break into the top 20.
This world ranking has a special significance for national table tennis, that is, it is linked to the qualification of the Asian Games, in addition to the already determined Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha four singles, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu on the team, less than 5 people, will be weighed by the coaching team.
In addition to the above 7 generals, who can be the lucky one to qualify for the Asian Games?