On July 11, Beijing time, the ITTF official website announced the world ranking for the 28th week of 2023. Last week there was the 2023 WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana. Those who finish well earn points and the ranking changes. There are a few interesting changes.
Let's look at the men's singles ranking first.
The biggest change is that Fan Zhendong has returned to the top of the list.
Before week 27, Fan Zhendong occupied the top 142 weeks, and many times he was still at the top of the list. In week 27, points need to be deducted for the 2022 Singapore Grand Slam, Muscat Regular Season, Doha Star Tournament, Multi-Race Regional Tournament, Africa Cup, European Round of 16 and other events. Fan Zhendong deducted a large number of points, so that his points were surpassed by Wang Chuqin, and the ranking slipped to second, and Wang Chuqin topped the list.
This is the first time that Wang Chuqin has topped the list, and it is also the first time that the post-00s have topped the men's singles list. Although he topped the list, Wang Chuqin was humble and considered himself inferior to Fan Zhendong and Ma Long. Wang Chuqin was also realistic, and a few days later he met Fan Zhendong in the final and lost. His world ranking was overtaken by Fan Zhendong and returned to second.
In the men's singles final of the 2023 WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana, Fan Zhendong defeated Wang Chuqin 4-3 to win the men's singles championship and earn 600 points. Wang Chuqin finished second with 420 points. In the new week's standings, Fan Zhendong ranked first with 6855 points, and Wang Chuqin ranked second with 6795 points.
Malone was third with 3890 points, Tomokazu Zhang was fourth with 3725 points, and Hugo was fifth with 2885 points. Lin Gaoyuan ranked sixth, Liang Jingkun ranked seventh, Zhang Yuzhen ranked eighth, and Dako ranked ninth. Moregaard rose one place to return to the top ten. Lin Yunru slipped one place to 11th. Ochalov ranked 12th, Lin Shidong ranked 13th, Chiu Dang ranked 14th, Lim Jongxun ranked 15th, A. Lebron ranked 16th, F. Lebron ranked 17th, Aruna ranked 18th, Francesca ranked 19th, and Chuang Zhiyuan ranked 20th.
Let's look at the women's singles ranking.
In the women's singles final of the 2023 WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-3. After Sun Yingsha scored 600 points, the fault ranked first. After Chen Meng won 420 points, he surpassed Wang Yidi in points and returned to second.
This small change has a great impact on the two. Wang Yidi finished in the top two for the first time last week and qualified for the singles competition in the table tennis competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Chen Meng has been in the top two for a long time, and was overtaken by Wang Yidi in a week, and lost the qualification to participate in the singles competition of the Asian Games.
According to the Paris Olympic selection plan formulated by the National Table Tennis Table, the singles place is determined by world singles ranking points + international competition bonus points, and the two players with the highest points can qualify for the Paris Olympic singles competition. The top three players in singles at the Hangzhou Asian Games can earn 3000 points, 1500 points and 750 points. Players who qualify for singles benefit. Wang Yidi entered the world number two once and qualified for the singles competition of the Asian Games, which is naturally very happy. Chen Meng's world ranking has been very high for a long time, and once he falls, he will not be able to qualify for singles, not to mention how depressed he is.
Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Ito Mimako, Hina Hayada, Shen Yubin, Han Ying, Zhang Rui, Yang Xiaoxin, Diaz, Hirano Miyu ranked 4~14 respectively. Romanian beauty Szokos rose two places to 15th. Szokos wants to be in the top ten in the world, and it is not far away.
15-year-old Zhang Motomi and No. 16. She is very promising to enter the top ten in the world. Zheng Yijing ranked 17th, Polkanova ranked 18th, Mitlam ranked 19th, and Yuan Jianan ranked 20th. Zhu Qianxi rose three places to 21st.
In the men's doubles ranking, the Korean pair Jang Yujin/Lim Jong-hoon ranked first, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin ranked second, Lim Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong ranked sixth, Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun ranked ninth, and the Lebrun brothers ranked 11th.
In the women's doubles ranking, Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin rose one place to first place, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi fell one place to second, Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha ranked third, and Hina Hayada/Mimato Ito ranked sixth.
In the mixed doubles ranking, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha ranked first, Hina Hayada/Jang Benzhihe ranked second, Kuang Man/Lin Shidong ranked third, and Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yubin ranked fourth.
National table tennis has three ranked first, and Han ping has two ranked first. Han Ping focuses on the layout of doubles.