On April 18, Beijing time, the ITTF officially announced the world ranking list in the 16th week of 2023. After the WTT Xinxiang Championship, the points of many athletes have changed, and its Chinese table tennis successfully swept the top six in the women's singles, Chen Xingtong surpassed Qian Tianyi and Ito Mimai ranked fifth, and Liang Jingkun also rose to fifth, closely following his brother Ma Long.
At present, the five world rankings continue to be dominated by the Chinese team, with Sun Yingsha alone occupying the top three rankings, while Tomokazu Zhang and Misei Ito are still the highest-ranked foreign association athletes in singles, and they will continue to attack the national table tennis at the WTT Macau Championship!
In the WTT Xinxiang Championship held last week, national table tennis players played bravely and won the top four of women's singles and the top two of men's singles, among which the champions Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha who gained the most points were naturally champions. However, since these two players were originally ranked No. 1 in the singles world, it is impossible for the ranking to rise if the points have changed.
As for the two runners-up, the situation is different: Liang Jingkun's ranking has been improved, and he has successfully entered the top five; Wang Yidi failed to surpass Wang Manyu and remained in the third position.
In addition, since Qian Tianyi did not participate in the Xinxiang competition, her ranking was also surpassed by Chen Xingtong, who participated in the competition, and the two are currently in sixth and fifth positions, respectively, while Misei Ito slipped to seventh.
At present, the top 10 athletes in the women's singles world rankings are: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Ito Mimako, Hina Hayada, Zhang Rui, Han Ying; The top 10 men's singles are Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Zhang Benzhihe, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Hugo, Moregaude, Lin Yunru, Qiu Dang, Lin Gaoyuan, and Lin Zhongxun rose to eleventh place.
Since the championship only sets up two events of men's and women's singles, it will not have any impact on the world ranking of doubles, the current mixed doubles first is still Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, the first in men's doubles is Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, the first in women's doubles is Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu, before the end of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, the ranking of doubles will not change much.
As the World Table Tennis Championships are approaching step by step, athletes hope to get a good ranking to create a good draw conditions for themselves, so what will be the results of the Macau Championship and Bangkok Star Tournament next? Let's wait and see!