On May 23, the BWF updated the latest edition of the world rankings, and since the Sudirman Cup has just ended, there have been relatively large changes in the rankings in each individual event. The five individual world No. 1s remained unchanged, with Guoyu continuing to occupy the top spot in both women's doubles and mixed doubles. In addition, in the men's singles, Shi Yuqi rose 2 places to rank eighth, returning to the top ten in the world. Liu Ou and Liang Wang both finished in the top four, the women's doubles took the top two places, and IELTS continued to lead the fault.
Last Sunday, the 2023 Sudirman Cup ended in Suzhou, with defending champions China sweeping South Korea 3-0 to achieve another third consecutive title and win the title for the 13th time. As the biggest winner, many players will benefit and earn a certain number of world ranking points. However, since the BWF has a cumbersome algorithm for calculating points in team competitions, the points obtained by each player will be different.
In general, in the BWF-recognized team competitions, the total points of players are only based on the points earned in the last 52 weeks. If a player wins a match, they will get their average, plus their opponent's ranking point sum divided by 100. If a player loses the game, they will be given an average of their points. If a player wins a match but does not have a world ranking, they win one point plus their opponent's ranking points divided by 100. If a player loses a match and does not have a world ranking, there are no points. If a player wins a match and neither he nor his opponent is ranked in the world, he or she will receive two points. Regarding the algorithm of averages, there are two cases: first, if the player has participated in less than 11 matches in the last 52 weeks, the total points are divided by the number of matches participated to obtain the average; Second, if the player has participated in 11 or more matches in the last 52 weeks, divide the highest points of 10 games by 10 to get the average.
Based on the above algorithm, on the five individual items, many people in Guoyu benefited. The men's singles Shi Yuqi improved 2 rankings to eighth, and finally returned to the top ten after many years, continuing to hold the position of the men's singles brother of the national feather. Li Shifeng remained 11th, Lu Guangzu 12th, Zhao Junpeng dropped 2 places to 16th, Weng Hongyang rose 1 place to 34th, Lei Lanxi 77th, and Sun Feixiang dropped 3 places to 89th. Thai rising star Kunravut has moved up four places to fifth. The top four are Anselon, Jinting, Naraoka Kodai, and Luo Jianyou.
In the women's singles, the top six have not changed, and they are still Akane Yamaguchi, An Zhiying, Dai Ziying, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, and Ma Lin. Wang Zhiyi dropped 1 place to eighth, Han Yue dropped 1 place to 10th, Zhang Yiman remained 18th, and Gao Fangjie dropped 1 place to 50th.
In the men's doubles, the Indonesian double-Arab pair Alfian/Adian continued to top the list, while the Malaysian World Champions pair Xie Dingfeng / So Weiyi second. Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi, who made a great achievement in the Sudirman Cup, rose two places to third and continued to refresh the top ranking. And Leung Wai Keng / Wang Chang also improved 2 places, has ranked fourth, which is also a new high for the two. In addition, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong continued to rank 12th, and Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang continued to rank 19th.
In women's doubles, the fanchen duo Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan continued to top the rankings, leading the second place by more than 22,000 points. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu surpassed the Japanese duo and moved up to second, also breaking a new high in the ranking of the two. In mixed doubles, the IELTS pair Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong continued to rank first, with the two reaching 37,171 points ahead of the second-place Japan Dongdu pair, with a fault-like advantage. Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping dropped one place to fifth, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping dropped one place to eighth, and Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin continued to rank 12th.