A few days ago, the World Table Tennis Federation announced the world ranking for the 14th week of 2022, compared with last week, the ranking of some foreign experts has risen. For example, in the Doha Star Challenge, an African brother who defeated the national table tennis 3 players in a row, his world ranking rose to 12th, which is also an affirmation of his strength. As Aruna's ranking rises, the world ranking of national table tennis successor Wang Chuqin has also declined again. But Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian still have great trust in Wang Chuqin, according to the rules of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Wang Chuqin can still get a place in the Asian Games, and the pattern of national table tennis is really going to change.
In the latest world rankings, Fan Zhendong still maintains an absolute lead, and Ma Long is in second place. Brazil's Hugo Calderano is ranked No. 3 and is the highest-ranked foreign player. Liang Jingkun is ranked 4th, and since he still maintains his top 3 position in national table tennis in week 14, Da Fat will also qualify for an Asian Games. National table tennis veteran Xu Xin ranked 8th and Lin Gaoyuan ranked 10th, both of whom have not yet qualified for the Asian Games. After entering 2022, Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan are not in very good shape, and Lin Gaoyuan was swept out in the first round of the Singapore Grand Slam.
Aruna performed well in the Doha Star Challenge, defeating Liu Dingshuo, Zhao Zihao and Zhou Qihao, three national table tennis players, although he did not win the final championship, Aruna's world ranking was improved to 12th. The world ranking of Africa's first brother rose, and the world ranking of Wang Chuqin, the successor of the post-00s of national table tennis, declined to 13th. However, according to the rules of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Wang Chuqin is the highest-ranked national table tennis player since January 1999, and he can still qualify for the Asian Games. This is Liu Guoliang's trust in Wang Chuqin, and it is also a weight for newcomers.
The pattern of national table tennis is facing changes, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long are still the best candidates for the singles quota of the Asian Games, and Liang Jingkun's results and rankings are already the third in the national table tennis. These 3 people, together with Wang Chuqin, have identified 4 of the 5 Asian Games quotas for the national table tennis men's team. At present, there is only one final quota left, and it still needs to be decided by Qin Zhijian and Liu Guozheng. Lin Gaoyuan and Xu Xin can only participate in the Asian Games at most 1 of the 2 people, which is also a very cruel situation. It may even be that Liu Guoliang may use Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan in order to train new people such as Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong.
Under this set of selection rules, although Wang Chuqin only ranked 6th in the national table tennis, he was still able to qualify for the Asian Games by virtue of the special rules of the Chinese Table Tennis Association for young players. Liu Guoliang's approach is correct, after all, the replacement of the old and new national table tennis team is lagging behind the women's team, Wang Chuqin will be the focus of this Olympic cycle, and his mixed doubles combination with Sun Yingsha is also a potential candidate for the mixed doubles event of the next Olympic Games. The pattern of national table tennis is facing changes, and the status of Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin in national table tennis will be further improved.
Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu let us see the hope of the future of national table tennis, but compared with Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, Wang Chuqin's growth rate is still a bit slow. Hopefully, Datou can continue to work hard, have a good performance in the next game, further improve his world rankings, and come on!