Recently, the latest decision of the International Table Tennis Federation will officially implement a new point calculation method. In short, it is no longer calculated the initial points, but pays more attention to the performance of the competition in the recent period, specifically the points of the 8 races. As a result, many table tennis veterans will not participate in the competition for a long time due to the impact of injuries and other aspects, and only wait for major events such as the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games to show their faces, and they will suffer a heavy blow.
The two most typical representatives are the national table tennis veteran Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, both of whom are over thirty years old, and the opportunity to participate in the competition is getting less and less, and the ranking will plummet this time. Xu Xin was originally the 3rd man in the world men's singles, but in recent months, affected by the record, he has gradually been caught up by Lin Yunru, Hugo and others, and after the implementation of the new points method, his ranking will fall to 81st. Liu Shiwen's situation is very similar, she has long been on the edge of the women's singles position, she has already slipped to 10th, and now the ranking will plummet to 85th.
After the ranking change, the Chinese men's team also has 3 players in the top ten of men's singles, namely Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun. Considering that it is difficult for Ma Long to participate in the next Olympic Games, and may retire within 1 or 2 years, Liang Jingkun's growth has never met expectations, and the performance of the competition is unstable. If in the next few months, the two players do not perform too well, then in the world men's singles top ten, there may be only one fan Zhendong left, which will be a situation that the coaching team does not want to see. At present, young players such as Hugo, Lin Yunru, Morey Gaode and Zhang Benzhihe are all eyeing the national table tennis tiger, and the situation is much more severe than imagined.
The situation of women's singles is slightly better, the iron triangle composed of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu is still strong, as long as there is no change, they will occupy the top three positions. Wang Yidi's rise has been very fast in recent months, and if he maintains his status, ranking 4th in the world is not a big problem. However, from the 5th to the 10th place, it will be difficult to see the figure of Chinese players, and the grand scene of the national table tennis women will occupy 6 or 7 seats in the top ten in the past will no longer exist in the future. Of course, most of the top foreign women's singles players are veterans, and their competitiveness is relatively weak, except for Ito Mimachi, who is more threatening, other players cannot challenge the dominance of the national table tennis women's singles for the time being.
It is worth mentioning that Zhu Yuling, who was once regarded as the hope of the national table tennis women's singles, faded out of the national team due to physical health problems, and the ranking has slipped to 287th in the world, and just before the Tokyo Olympic Games, she was still the 6th and 7th position in the world. Zhu Yuling is unlikely to return to national table tennis, and perhaps for her, retirement is the best choice. This big change will sound the alarm bell for the national table tennis coaching team, blindly relying on veterans, will only squeeze the growth space of young people, national table tennis want to maintain the hegemonic position, must be updated as soon as possible, rather than only the current results in the eyes, do not dare to give young players a chance to perform.