The International Table Tennis Federation yesterday announced the first edition of the world ranking after the revision of the world ranking rules, with the "initial points" of the clearance, the world ranking of many players has changed greatly, fan Zhendong and Chen Meng of the national table tennis are still ranked first in the men's and women's singles world, but the overall lineup structure of the national table tennis has been adjusted a lot, the ranking of young players has risen sharply, and the ranking of some main layer players has dropped significantly. The seven Olympic champions of the national table tennis team, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, were left behind, and Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu had a stable position.
The ranking of the head players of the national table tennis is very stable, and the ranking of the main layer players has changed a lot, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long still rank in the top two in the men's singles, Liang Jingkun rose one place and ranked third, and the national table tennis only had three of them in the top ten of the men's singles. Lin Gaoyuan, who was originally in the top ten, dropped 8 places to rank 18th; Xu Xin dropped 73 places to rank 81st. Wang Chuqin's ranking remains 13th without change.
There are four national table tennis players in the top ten of women's singles, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are still in the top three, and Wang Yidi is ranked at a record high, rising one place to 4th. Chen Xingtong, Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling, who were originally in the top 20 of women's singles, all fell sharply, Chen Xingtong fell 12 places to rank 27; Liu Shiwen dropped 68 places, ranking 85th; Zhu Yuling has disappeared because she has not participated in international competitions for a long time.
Most of the non-main national table tennis players have been greatly improved in the rankings. In the women's singles, Liu Weishan and Fan Siqi both ranked in the top 20, with the former rising 29 places to rank 33rd, and the latter rising 33 places to rank 20th. Among the other players in the top 100, Qian Tianyi and He Zhuojia have all fallen sharply, ranking 57th and 65th respectively, while Ku Man, Zhang Rui, Qi Fei and Shi Xunyao have all risen in the rankings, ranking 33rd, 45th, 69th and 75th respectively, of which Qi Fei has risen 177 places and Shi Xunyao has risen 129 places. In the men's singles, in the top 100 players, Yuan Licen rose 77 places to rank 32nd, Liu Dingshuo rose 67 places to rank 46th, Zhou Qihao rose 26 places to rank 55th, Xiang Peng rose 22 places to rank 62nd, Xue Feishang ranked 75th with 32 places, and Lin Shidong rose 331 places to rank 84th. Zhao Zihao dropped 23 places to rank 57.
Although the world rankings do not fully reflect the overall strength of athletes, they can still reflect the number and performance of athletes over a period of time. It can be seen from the world ranking that women's table tennis is still based on Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu as the core, Wang Yidi is gradually gaining a foothold in the main lineup, Liu Weishan, Ku man, Qi Fei and others are trying to catch up, and Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia and Qian Tianyi, who were originally in the second echelon, are facing the risk of being surpassed. The absolute main position of men's table tennis Fan Zhendong and Ma Long is unshakable, Liang Jingkun gradually replaced Xu Xin in the core lineup, Lin Gaoyuan, who has always been in the main lineup, is facing no small challenge, Yuan Licen, Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong and other rookies are full of momentum, but there is still a big gap from the top twenty. The world ranking affects whether athletes can get the qualification to participate in international competitions, but also affects the seed ranking and signing table of athletes participating in international competitions, this is the reform of the world ranking of the International Table Tennis Federation may also accelerate the internal renewal of national table tennis, perhaps the World Table Tennis Championships, Asian Games national table tennis newcomers will get more opportunities.