Chen Meng overtook Wang Yidi and is expected to lock in the Olympic qualification in advance Wang Manyu is in a desperate situation
On February 27, 2024, Beijing time, after the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced the latest world rankings. There were two changes in the top 10 of women's singles, the first was that Chen Meng overtook Wang Yidi and rose to second in the world, and Wang Yidi fell to third. followed by Zheng Yijing overtaking Han Ying and coming to ninth in the world, and Han Ying, who was recovering from injury, fell to tenth in the world.
Busan Group World Table Tennis Championships, the national table tennis won the men's team and women's team championships, in the knockout stage, the national table tennis has been playing with the three highest ranked players in the world, the men's table tennis is not very controversial, but the women's team led by Ma Lin is more controversial, especially after Wang Yidi lost to Miyu Hirano, there is more discussion about Wang Manyu's knockout round. From the perspective of competing for Olympic qualifications, Wang Manyu is in an unfavorable situation, relatively passive, and can even be said to be in a desperate situation.
In the latest world rankings, Sun Yingsha is still ranked first in women's singles, and she is ahead of the fault. Chen Meng rose to second, and she successfully overtook Wang Yidi, but she only led by 22 points. Wang Yidi ranked third, and Wang Manyu still ranked fourth, temporarily trailing Wang Yidi by nearly 400 points. The world ranking is very important, and the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships once again confirmed the importance that national table tennis attaches to world rankings.
Therefore, the next games, especially the Grand Slam events, are particularly important to Wang Manyu, if you want to overtake in the corner, the first thing is not to lose the foreign war, and the second is to go all out to win the championship. The highest-ranked player in the women's singles is still Hina Hayata, who is ranked fifth. Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Shen Yubin, Zheng Yijing, and Han Ying ranked sixth to tenth. Misei Ito is ranked 14th, and Miwa Haramoto is ranked 15th.
In men's singles, there is no change in the top 10 in the world, followed by Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Felix Lebrun, Hugo Calderano, Lin Yunru, Zhang Benzhihe, and Qiu Dang. At present, Fan Zhendong is close to 900 points ahead of Wang Chuqin, the two are in a state of fault leading, and the veteran Ma Long ranks third, although he is more behind Wang Chuqin in front of him, but he is also a lot ahead of Liang Jingkun behind him, and the ranking will not change much in the short term.
According to the current points ranking, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long are very likely to join hands in the Paris Olympics, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng have a greater advantage on the women's team, and Wang Yidi is one position ahead of Wang Manyu, and the final suspense may be the choice of the two lineups, whether it is Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi or Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, time will soon give the answer!