The 18th week of the 2022 International Table Tennis Federation world rankings were officially announced, with the further narrowing of the proportion of old points, the ranking of players who participated in international competitions in the past 2 years fell sharply, Xu Xin fell to 81, Liu Shiwen ranked 85, Zhu Yuling's points were cleared, even so, the national table tennis still covered the top 3 singles, and the women's singles even won the top 4, showing a dominant situation. Sweden's Moregold, the runner-up of last year's World Table Tennis Championships, soared to No. 5, setting a new career high in singles, while Germany's Han Ying and Slovenia's Dakob both ranked in the top 10 in singles for the first time, both the highest rankings to date. Lin Shidong, 17, improved 331 places to 84th.
The top 10 men's singles players are: 1. Fan Zhendong 6900 points 2 Ma Long 3400 points 3 Liang Jingkun 2700 points 4. Calderano 2570 points 5. Moregold 2319 points 6.Dako 2005 points 7. Zhang Benzhihe 1985 points 8. Lin Yunru 1765 points 9. Ochalov 1665 points 10. Aruna 1565 points
The top 3 in the men's singles world ranking were all covered by the national table tennis, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long were in the top 2 as always, and Liang Jingkun surpassed brazil's famous Calderano to become the third main force of national table tennis. The biggest improvement in the rankings is Sweden's Moregaard and Slovenia's Dark, Moregold is the men's singles runner-up at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and Dako is this year's European Round of 16 men's singles champions, the two with their outstanding record since the Tokyo Olympics in the past year, in the latest edition of the world rankings to create a career-high ranking.
Xu Xin, a veteran of the men's national table tennis team, dropped 73 places in the rankings, from 8st to 81st. Lin Gaoyuan dropped from 10th to 18th, and Wang Chuqin still ranked 13th. Yuan Licen, who won the WTT Challenge, ranked 32nd, The National Games men's singles runner-up Liu Dingshuo ranked 46th, Zhou Qihao 55th, Zhao Zihao 57th, Xiang Peng 62nd, and 17-year-old Lin Shidong rose 331 places to 84th, becoming the player with the largest improvement in men's singles ranking.
The top 10 women's singles players were: 1. Chen Meng 5225 points2. Sun Yingsha 5000 points3. Wang Manyu 3500 points 4. Wang Yidi 2920 points 5. Hina Hayata 2535 points 6. Ito Mimachi 2225 points 7. Du Kaixuan 1399 points 8. Han Ying 1375 points 9. Diaz 1320 points 10, Ishikawa Yoshinori 1240 points
Wang Yidi, the third place in the women's singles of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, ranked in the top 4 for the first time, she came out of the World Table Tennis Championships last year in the women's singles third place, and also won the women's singles runner-up in the World Cup finals, and the stable performance is expected to become the fourth main force of the women's team. The number one opponent of national table tennis, Ito Mimako, fell to the lowest point in 2 years, not only being suppressed by the national table 4, but also surpassed by teammate Hina Hayata. South Korea's Han Ying rose from 12th to 8th, setting a career-high ranking, and the 39-year-old chipper is expected to compete in the Paris Olympics two years later.
National table tennis veteran Liu Shiwen fell from 17th to 85th, while Liu Weishan occupied the 17th place, Chen Xingtong, who was originally ranked 15th, dropped to 27th, and youngster Kuman rose 69 places to rank 33rd.