Table tennis WTT USA Fremont is about to kick off in the early morning of May 6, after 17-year-old South Korean talent Shin Yu-bin, who had previously beaten Ito Mimachi 11-0 but rested for several months due to a fracture injury, received good news - because she surpassed all opponents in the latest world ranking on May 3, she became the top seed in the women's singles of this tournament, which is worth congratulating.
At the same time, the 41-year-old Chinese Taipei world champion veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan also used the advantage of the latest ranking to surpass another world champion, Falk and others to become the number one seed in the men's singles, but this does not mean that he can get the same convenience as Shen Yubin, but on the contrary, he is in a disadvantageous position.
The list of seeded players in the Fremont Tournament is very interesting, in the past, the International Table Tennis Federation will be based on the world ranking on the registration deadline to determine the number of seats, but this time there is an exception, after the end of the registration, before the start of the game temporarily changed the order of everyone, the result of the previous top seeds Fark, Zheng Yijing have been hit, respectively, into the men's singles No. 5 seed and the women's singles No. 3 seed.
The reason for this situation is probably because the International Table Tennis Federation has just implemented the reform of the world ranking rules, resulting in a huge change in the athletes' points, in order to let everyone adapt to this system as soon as possible, so it was decided to hit the iron while it was hot, and the first international event after the new rules were announced was used.
Relatively speaking, the new ranking system is still more helpful to Shen Yubin, because she did not even get the top four seeded player position in the women's singles before, and now occupies a very good signing position, which can effectively avoid the two strong opponents of the No. 2 seed Chen Siyu and the No. 3 seed Zheng Yijing before the semifinals.
As for Zhuang Zhiyuan, who was previously the No. 2 seed in the men's singles, he has now risen to No. 1, but the situation is even worse: he could have avoided Falke before the final, but now he is not sure of his signature because Falk has become the No. 5 seed, so the two may have met in advance.
How to say it, the lottery can not determine the final result of the game, but it will indeed have a certain impact on the course of the game, especially in the table tennis world has always had a "playing style" situation, a certain type of athlete is particularly afraid, or particularly good at dealing with another type of player, then the meaning of the signing is reflected.
But still that sentence, if you want to win the championship, you must be prepared to meet the challenges of all opponents, whether it is veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan or young player Shen Yubin, everyone has had glory, there have been lows, I believe that this time will be able to face calmly, bravely face difficulties, then let's sit together and wait for this table tennis "small battle" to kick off!