Recently, the national table tennis is preparing for the championship in April and the World Table Tennis Championships in May, during which 3 very noteworthy news occurred in the entire table tennis world.
First of all, the first news is to share the announcement of the men's singles world champion's retirement. At present, according to media reports, before the Henan Xinxiang Championship is coming, the 42-year-old men's singles world champion Boll recently officially announced his withdrawal from this tournament due to injury. As a result, after withdrawing from major competitions before, Bol has withdrawn from the world series twice in a row, which really makes many fans sigh.
As a veteran, Bol is undoubtedly respectable. He was in the same period as Liu Guoliang, and Pol has been able to play until now and is still in good competitive condition over the years, which proves that he has been working hard behind his back and has experienced difficulties that many people can hardly imagine. Although he withdrew from the competition this time, as a fan, he still has to pay his highest respect, hoping that this ageless legend will continue to compete in the May competition after recuperating his body in the future.
The second news shared the situation that the combination of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen was removed from the ITTF mixed doubles. At present, the ITTF has updated the latest world rankings, considering that the mixed doubles pair of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen has not participated in the competition for more than 1 year, and the mixed doubles points they won at the previous Tokyo Olympics were officially cleared. As a result, the names of these two people no longer appear in the ranking of the mixed doubles event, and the legendary combination of Xinwen Duo has become history at this moment.
Many fans are estimated to be a little sad after seeing the news. After all, before the combination of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen had always been the ace combination of the Chinese team, and the ranking of the first place in mixed doubles for a long time helped the Chinese team get good results. It's a pity that now these veterans are old, and they can only send the best wishes to the two of them. In addition, I hope that Wang Chuqin and they can shoulder the heavy responsibility to get better results and live up to the trust of this pair of veterans.
The third news shares the situation of Ma Long and Chen Meng's world ranking plummeting. Recently, from the ITTF updated rankings, Chen Meng has fallen from the world's second to the world's fourth, and Ma Long's situation has also fallen from second to fourth. The reason for the big drop is mainly because they have been cleared of the super high points related to the Tokyo Olympics before, and under such circumstances, Wang Chuqin and Zhang Benzhi and these players naturally seize the opportunity and eventually surpass Ma Long and others to a higher ranking.
This information undoubtedly means that the career achievements of these veterans are beginning to be threatened. If they can't compete with these young players, the subsequent rankings are likely to decline. For fans, be prepared.
In general, the entire Chinese table tennis and even the entire world table tennis world have recently seen a lot of various news, which will have an impact on our preparations. I hope everyone will focus on preparing for the next two competitions, cheers.