The International Table Tennis Federation updated the latest edition of the world rankings, the 3 national table tennis world champions are still declining, Xu Xin fell from last week's 81st to 83rd, Liu Shiwen fell from 85th to 86th, Zhu Yuling directly fell from 287th to disappear, there is no ranking. For the veterans, the opportunity to appear on the international stage is not much, because the World Table Tennis Championships team stage and the Asian Games have been postponed.
The RANKING rules of the ITTF have changed dramatically, the original basic points have been cancelled, and the rankings of many veteran players have declined significantly.
For example, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, etc. have rarely participated in singles international competitions in the past two years, and at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen participated in team and mixed doubles, and there was no singles. At the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were also absent. Zhu Yuling has been recuperating from her injuries.
Therefore, as the top 3 veterans and world champions of national table tennis, the 3-man ranking continues to decline.
At its peak, Xu Xin ranked No. 1 in the world, and now it continues to decline, falling to 83rd.
Liu Shiwen was also the world's No. 1 at her peak, and even the Women's Singles Champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, but now, Liu Shiwen has also slipped to 86th!
Looking back now, if the Tokyo Olympics are not postponed, the two have a chance to participate in singles. But the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics by 1 year changed everything, Xu Xin's status declined, Liu Shiwen was plagued by injuries, and the two teamed up to lose the first table tennis mixed doubles gold medal in Olympic history.
Zhu Yuling was even more miserable, and the world ranking disappeared directly. Originally, Zhu Yuling ranked 287th, and now it has directly slipped to disappear.
Xu Xin is 32 years old, Liu Shiwen is 31 years old, and Zhu Yuling is 27 years old, the latter suffering from injuries. Objectively speaking, 3 people are no longer the future of national table tennis. Coupled with the postponement of the Asian Games, the age of veterans continues to increase, and the opportunities for career appearances on the international arena are really getting less and less.
At present, the top 3 in the men's singles world are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun; the top 4 in the women's singles world are also national table tennis players, namely Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi. As for the japanese table tennis sister, it has also changed hands, Ito Mimachi slipped to the world's 6th, the world's 5th is Hayata Hina!