Japanese table tennis ace Tomokazu Zhang returned to the top ten in the world, and Lin Shidong fell out of the top ten in the world
At the same time as the national table tennis team participated in the WTT Star Challenge Doha in Qatar, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the new version of the world rankings for the second week of 2024. There were changes in the men's singles, with Tomokazu Zhang returning to the top 10, while the top 20 in women's singles remained unchanged.
Play more matches and get good results, and the rankings will naturally rise. In the WTT Doha men's finals, Lin Gaoyuan and Qiu Dang were both in the men's singles semifinals.
Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Yunru exchanged places, and Gao Yuan rose one place to rank sixth. Qiu Dang's ranking jumped four places to No. 9.
In the men's singles quarterfinals, Nigeria's strong brother Aruna has risen two places in the rankings and is now in 14th place.
Tomokazu Haramoto moved up one place to return to the top 10, which is also the highest ranking of a player in the Japanese men's table tennis team.
Lin Shidong dropped 2 places in the top 10 and is now ranked 11th.
Men's singles TOP10: Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Hugo (Brazil), Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Yunru (Taiwan, China), F. Lebrun (France), Qiu Dang (Germany), Tomokazu Zhang (Japan).
Fan Zhendong has 7455 points, Wang Chuqin has 6470 points, and Xiaopang is no longer far ahead. The top 50 national table tennis male players are: Zhou Qihao 22, Xiang Peng 26, Xu Yingbin 42, Yuan Licen 49.
By the way, after playing the men's finals, Qiu Dang immediately flew back to Germany and helped his club win the German league championship.
Women's singles TOP10: Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Hina Hayada (Japan), Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Han Ying (Germany), Shin Yubin (South Korea), Misei Ito (Japan).
The strength of Chinese women's table tennis is still outstanding, and Japanese women's table tennis is the main opponent. The top 50 female national table tennis players are: Zhang Rui 13, Kuo Man 19, Fan Siqi 20, He Zhuojia 32, Liu Weishan 34, Chen Yi 40, Shi Xunyao 41, Li Yake 43.
At the WTT Star Challenge Doha station, national table tennis Yuan Licen participated in the qualifying round, and he is currently ranked 49th in the world.
In the first round, Yuan Licen defeated Adrian Larsenforth 3-0. The second round will be played on January 9 at 6:40 p.m., and he will face Chinese Taipei's Yang Ziyi, who will face Chinese Taipei's Yang Ziyi.
I wish Xiao Yuan a good result in the Star Challenge and raise his world ranking again.
Ping Pong Hu Qingyuan