On May 10, the World Table Tennis Federation updated its world rankings for week 19, and the national table tennis team occupied three of them. Among them, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng ranked first in the men's and women's singles respectively, and the combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu ranked first in the women's doubles world. But the national table tennis still lost 2 world firsts, namely men's doubles and mixed doubles. The Japanese men's doubles duo Yukiya Utada / Toue Hayabusa recently won the men's doubles title again in the WTT regional competition, and the rules of seat allocation at the Olympic Games are still unfavorable to the national table tennis.
Since May 3, the World Table Tennis Federation has officially launched a new points rule, completely removing the initial points, which has also led to the world ranking of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen directly falling to 80 outside, and the ranking of Lin Gaoyuan and other main players has also been affected. However, the rankings of Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and others were not affected.
In the world rankings in week 19, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun are still in the top three in the men's singles world, while the top four in the women's singles are taken over by Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi. In the women's doubles ranking, the seafood sister flower combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu still firmly occupies the first place, and no one can shake it. But the national table tennis lost the world number one in the mixed doubles and men's doubles, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin were third in the world in the men's doubles, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin's mixed doubles ranked second in the world.
Ranked first in the men's doubles world is the Japanese duo of Toue Hayabusa and Yukiya Utada, who once again proved their strength by winning the men's doubles title in the recent WTT side event Fremont. In the Singapore Grand Slam competition some time ago, Yukiya Utada and Hayabusa Tokami also caused great trouble to Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, who finally won the championship. It can be said that the strength of this pair is not only reflected in the world ranking, but also needs the attention of Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian.
The world's no. 1 in mixed doubles is Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing and Lin Yunru, while Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are second. A few days ago, the rules for the allocation of badminton seats at the Paris Olympic Games were determined, and each mixed doubles team could have two pairs of players. In contrast, the mixed doubles seat rule for table tennis is a bit impersonal, and each team can only have one pair of combinations to compete. Such rules are obviously more detrimental to the powerful national table tennis, increasing the contingency of the game.
In the absence of double insurance, the national table tennis lost the mixed doubles gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and Liu Guoliang obviously did not want such a thing to be repeated at the Paris Olympics. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha have been pinned high hopes on them to grow further in the past two years and play well in the Paris Olympic Games.