2023 has finally entered the final week of ranking updates, with Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong holding on to the world No. 1 rankings to continue to lead. In terms of men's singles rankings, Fan Zhendong ranked first with 6,544 points, Wang Chuqin ranked second with 5,145 points, Ma Long ranked third with 4,635 points, Liang Jingkun ranked fourth with 2,945 points, Hugo ranked fifth with 2,875 points, and Zhang Benzhihe ranked 11th, with a significant decline in the rankings.
The men's team's ranking is still quite solid, and Fan Zhendong has 1,399 points more than Wang Chuqin, who is ranked second in the world. Ma Long has more than 700 points more than Liang Jingkun, and he immediately threw off the gap. However, Hugo, who is ranked fifth in the world, could return to the fourth place in the world at any time. The top three players in the world in men's singles have a particularly obvious point advantage, and they will not be surpassed by foreign players in a short period of time.
And Sun Yingsha of women's table tennis ranked first with 8550 points, which is also the most proud thing for fans. Although Sun Yingsha has been frequently defeated by other players this year, every time fans will say this, why are other players so good, why are they not ranked No. 1 in the world?
Wang Yidi ranked second with 4,505 points, more than 4,000 points less than Sun Yingsha, who ranked first. In fact, Wang Yidi has participated in the most international competitions this year, but she and Wang Manyu, who is ranked third in the world, still have not shaken up the gap in points. The difference between the two is only more than 300 points, and Wang Manyu can catch up with Wang Yidi's ranking almost through a big event.
Wang Yidi has received strong support from the national table tennis coaching staff this year and has participated in almost all events. The most important singles quota for this year's Asian Games was obtained by Wang Yidi, and the final result is very clear to the fans. Although Wang Manyu is at a disadvantage in the competition, this year's foreign war is particularly stable.
Sun Yingsha led non-main players to participate in the WTT Zagreb Challenge in early July this year, and was defeated by Miu Hirano without Wang Manyu and other main players. Although Sun Yingsha has won many championships this year, she has won the championship with other national table tennis players. In the Asian Games, Sun Yingsha did not meet Miu Hirano in the singles match, and she was particularly lucky.
The ranking of national table tennis players is mostly a collective advantage, which is ignored by many fans. To evaluate a player's true level, it is also necessary to look at the player's ability to participate in an event alone. Why does the national table tennis send all the main players to participate in every event?
Sun Yingsha's ranking is so high not only because of her personal strength, this is an important layout of the National Table Tennis Olympics. Because the national table tennis must fight for the top two seeded players in order to be able to defend the upper and lower halves. In this year's Frankfurt Championship, Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi were divided into the top half, and the main competitor was Misei Ito, who was in declining form.
At that time, the second half of the area gathered Szokos, Hina Hayata, and Zhu Qianxi, the three major outsourcing masters, and Chen Meng was eliminated first. Wang Manyu became the player who defended the death half alone, and after paying the price of injury, Wang Manyu finally met Wang Yidi in the final, and finally Wang Yidi defeated Wang Manyu to win the championship.
Therefore, this championship Wang Manyu is not a champion but a champion, and he has indeed won the recognition of fans with his excellent foreign performance. This year's Frankfurt Championship is a model of the national table tennis collective championship, and Wang Yidi's current ranking in the second place in the world also has the credit of his teammates. Therefore, the honor achieved by each player is also the honor of the national table tennis collective.
The point gap between Wang Yidi and Wang Manyu is so small, and the competition will continue in the future. Because whether it is Wang Manyu or Wang Yidi, there has been no obvious decline in state. Therefore, fans should not easily draw conclusions, until the moment when the national table tennis announces the Olympic lineup, all speculations are inaccurate.
In the doubles rankings, South Korea's Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin ranked first with 4,620 points, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu ranked second with 4,290 points, and Wang Yidi and Chen Meng ranked third with 4,010 points. Although the Korean team is highly ranked, the real competitiveness is not as good as the national table tennis pair, but they have been competing continuously this year to brush up points.
In the men's doubles rankings, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin ranked first with 4,500 points, and Lim Jong-hoon/Zhang Yuzhen ranked second with 4,358 points. Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun were fifth, and France's Lebrun brothers were seventh. This kind of doubles ranking does not fully represent the true level of the players, and this year's World Table Tennis Championships French brothers almost defeated Fan Zhendong, which is a clear example.
In the Mixed Doubles rankings, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin remain ranked No. 1 in the world, Hina Hayada and Tomokazu Zhang are ranked No. 2 in the world, and Ku Man/Lin Shidong are ranked No. 3 in the world. Seeing such a ranking pattern, you know that the competition in mixed doubles is also fierce, and who will get the final quota is still to be tested by the competition.
It is not that Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha have secured their Olympic quotas, and the pair has also lost foreign battles this year. The mixed doubles combination is very demanding and there is no room for error. Because only one pair can compete in the Olympics, there is no room for maneuver if you lose a match.
The current rankings in each event are not the final rankings before the start of the Olympic Games, but only reflect the performance of the competition throughout 2023. On the whole, the women's team is still the strongest competitive in foreign wars, but it has also been impacted by Japanese table tennis, and it needs to continue to work hard.