According to the latest world ranking method released by the International Table Tennis Federation, the previous 20% of the basic points will be cleared to zero. In this way, those players who do not participate in the game for a long time or participate in the game less, the world ranking will inevitably be greatly affected, such as the two veterans of the national table tennis Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, according to the calculations made by relevant professionals, if they are converted according to the new ranking method mentioned above, Xu Xin's world ranking will drop sharply from the current 8th to the 81st. Similarly, Liu Shiwen's situation is not much better, even worse than Xu Xin's world ranking, that is, from the original 17th to 85th. Of course, in comparison, players who participate in more various competitions and have better results will benefit from this ranking, such as Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi. There are more competitions and better results, so Liang Jingkun can take this opportunity to completely suppress Hugo Caldera Weinuo, Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru, as well as Moregold and Pol, Ocharov and other famous players, rising to the third position in the world, he is only left in front of Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, and Wang Yidi will surpass Ito Mijo to the 4th place in the world women's singles ranking.
In this way, in the women's singles ranking we imagined before, the scene of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi occupying the top four positions in the world ranking will appear. In other words, the future World Series, if these 4 girls can participate at the same time, they can be divided into quarters, quarters and three-quarters and quarters of the four-quarters respectively, each person can guard a front, and Ito Isomasa is squeezed out of the top position of the division, and for Ito, a player who has played less recently and has not achieved ideal results, she is also surpassed by her teammate Hina Hayata after this new conversion method to reach the 6th place in the world ranking. Hina Hayata will come to no. 5 in the world. Even though Ito excelled at the Tokyo Olympics, she is now getting closer to becoming the number two japanese table tennis player. Of course, this influence on Ito Can be improved by her participating in more competitions in the future and striving for a stable performance in the competition. The future is not without the possibility of regaining the world's top four rankings.
Comparatively speaking, the impact of this new world ranking method on Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen is still significantly higher than that on Japanese players such as Ito Mimachi, Zhang Benzhihe and other recently in poor form. Because according to the situation we observed before, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have entered the end of their careers, and both of them did not participate in singles competitions at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Liu Shiwen's position in even the team competition was replaced by Wang Manyu, so their original plan was to selectively participate in some events while recuperating, a bit of the meaning of playing health ball, but now this way of calculating the world ranking, especially to remove the previous 20% of the basic score, Ranking according to the best results in 10 matches in the past 12 months has invisibly affected veterans like them who want to rest and play. What reassures us a little is that Malone's performance is more stable and the ranking is more prominent, even if he participates in fewer games, the world ranking can still be ranked second, but the advantage of the players behind him is becoming less and less obvious.
The current situation of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen has made it very likely that when they participate in the game in the future, they may need to meet particularly high-ranking players from a very early age, and there may be an early competition within the team, and it is also possible to get out of the game early due to the appearance of masters from outside the association. Under this premise, for two people, it is necessary to make a directional choice, or to go all out to compete for more competitions regardless of future results, and strive for the best results in all competitions to ensure that their world rankings have a substantial improvement again, and then continue to maintain this competitiveness and prepare more adequately for future events. The other way is to fade out of the arena a little bit, carry out the transformation of position and positioning, such as coaching or other work related to table tennis, of course, it is also possible to play in the European League as Liu Shiwen mentioned before, to truly realize the choice of playing table tennis professionalism, and give up the position in the national team, you can choose to retire directly.
In short, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin must choose one of the two ways out from continuing to play and choosing retirement, and the objective conditions have not allowed them to play health ball, and it is difficult for them to achieve a balance between the two. So what kind of choice do you think Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin will make? And what choice do you want them to make? Welcome friends to give their own views, everyone to discuss together.