On May 3, the ITTF's 18th week of world rankings was released. The world rankings have changed a lot, and some players' rankings have become unbelievable.
Thanks to the new way of calculating points, the world ranking will be very different from the past. The ITTF began its 18th week of the year, starting with this world ranking, with a new way of calculating points. Although there have been no competitions recently, the world rankings have also changed a lot. According to the new world ranking method, players who have participated less in the past year will have a lower world ranking.
The top 10 players in the women's singles world ranking are Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Hayata Xina, Ito Mimako, Du Kaixuan, Han Ying, Diaz and Ishikawa Yoshinori.
Compared with week 17, there are still 4 national table tennis players in the top ten of women's table tennis. It's just that Wang Yidi rose one place, and Chinese women's table tennis won the top four.
Hina Hayata also moved up one place to fifth. Ito missed some competitions and slipped 2 places to sixth place. Ito's ranking has not been below the top three for a long time. Du Kaixuan rose one place to seventh. Han Ying rose 4 places and entered the top 10. Puerto Rico's Diaz rose one place to ninth, and Ishikawa dropped three places but remained in the top ten. Chen Meng's points are only 225 points more than Sun Yingsha's, and one event may change the position of the two.
Of the top 10 players in week 17, only Singapore's Feng Tianwei fell out of the top 10. She dropped five places, from 9th to 14th.
Some female table tennis players have risen significantly in the rankings. For example, Yang Xiaoxin of Monaco has risen from the original 20 to 8 places to 12th. Liu Weishan, a member of the national table tennis team, rose 29 places and is now in 17th place. Japanese teenager Miyu Kihara moved up seven places to 15th. Fan Siqi, a member of the national table tennis team, rose 33 places to rank 20th. She won the women's singles title in the second leg of the WTT Doha Challenge, scoring 415 points and rising significantly in the rankings.
Recently, the Chinese young player Who has frequently participated in the competition and performed well has also risen sharply in his ranking. She moved up 69 places to 33rd. Ku man is definitely the star of hope for Chinese women's table tennis. Ziffy moved up 177 places to 69th.
Of course, there are also many players abroad who have risen a lot in the rankings. Like South Korea's Joo Cheonhui rose 300 places to 104th. The Japanese youngster, who is very optimistic about the Japanese media, Zhang Benmeiwa, who is not yet 14 years old, rose 216 places in the ranking to 71st. South Korea's Shin Yu-bin rose 27 places to 25th.
Where there is a rise, there is a fall. National table tennis player Chen Xingtong dropped 12 places to rank 27th. The gap between her and Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu is getting bigger and bigger. Qian Tianyi dropped 23 places to rank 57th. He Zhuojia dropped 34 places to rank 65th.
Olympic champion Liu Shiwen dropped 65 places to 85th. Liu Shiwen will participate in the competition in the future, and it is estimated that she will start from the qualification tournament. Zhu Yuling, who ranked 18th last week, is no longer on the list because she has not participated in the competition in the past year.
The top 10 players in the men's singles world ranking are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Hugo, Moregaard, Dako Jochik, Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru, Ochalov and Aruna. In week 17, 5 Chinese men's table tennis players entered the top 10, and only 3 players remained this week. Among them, Xu Xin dropped 73 places to rank 81st. Like Liu Shiwen, he competed too little and did not achieve good results, resulting in a decline in rankings. In the future, it is estimated that the participation will also start from the qualifiers. Lin Gaoyuan dropped 8 places to rank 18th.
Fan Zhendong, who ranked first, had 3500 more points than Ma Long, who was second. The little fat will continue to rank first for a long time.
Liang Jingkun surpassed Hugo in third place. Chinese men's table tennis won the top three. Sweden's Moregaard moved up 10 places to 5th. Slovenia's Dako Jočic, who moved up five places, squeezed into the top 10.
Compared with week 17, the top ten of men's table tennis have changed significantly. In addition to Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan, Germany's Pol also fell out of the top ten, only 11th.
Yuan Licen of Chinese men's table tennis won the men's singles title at the WTT Doha Challenge, and the world ranking rose sharply by 77 places to 32nd place. Liu Dingshuo rose 67 places to 46th. Youngster Xiang Peng rose 22 places to rank 62nd. Lin Shidong, who was heavily weighted by Liu Guoliang, rose 331 places to rank 84th.
Zhao Zihao, who has declined more in Chinese men's table tennis, dropped 23 places to rank 57th.