On April 12, 2022, the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced the world ranking list for the 15th week of this year, and its Chinese table tennis player Fan Zhendong has been at the top of the men's singles list for 24 consecutive months, and it is also on this day that he also received new good news, that is, he intends to be sent to Shanghai Jiao Tong University for further study, which is really gratifying!
In addition, Ma Long still ranks second in the men's singles world, while Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are in the top three in women's singles, and Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu is firmly in the first place in women's doubles. But unfortunately, Zhu Yuling, who has been recuperating recently and has retreated to the 18th place in the world in singles, has received bad news, and her doubles ranking with Wang Manyu has dropped by 1 place: I don't know when Xiao Zhu will be able to return to the field, which is really worrying!
Friends who pay attention to the table tennis world know that since the end of the WTT Doha Star Competition on March 31 this year, the international competition has come to an end, everyone has returned to their respective homes, the Chinese team is collectively isolated, the Japanese team has held the Asian Games selection competition, Europe is playing in the business league, and these events have no impact on the world ranking of athletes.
Therefore, the world ranking in week 15 is basically the same as that in week 14, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing, Yukiya Utada/Hayasuke Toue continue to win the first place in men's singles, women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, and men's doubles, and the ranking of three of these events has not changed at all, with exceptions in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
In women's doubles, the national table tennis duo Liu Weishan/Qi Fei rose 3 places, while Zhu Yuling/Wang Manyu dropped by 1 place as mentioned before and is currently only 71st; in mixed doubles, Xu Yingbin/Qian Tianyi rose 2 places. As for why this is the case, we don't know for the time being, but it may be that the old points of some doubles combinations have begun to expire, so the ranking has regressed.
Affected by the epidemic, the latest competition arrangements of the Table Tennis Federation have not yet been released, we may have to wait for a few months to see the new international competitions kick off, then the world ranking should also be at that time there will be new big changes, but if the old points continue to be cleaned up during this period, there will be some new changes, especially Zhu Yuling, who has been recuperating recently, is even more troublesome.
Finally, I look forward to Xiao Zhu's early return to the field and wait for the latest table tennis showdown to kick off: Come on, China!