Table Tennis Federation World Ranking Wang Yidi dropped to third Wang Manyu's Olympic points hit the top two, and there is only a theoretical possibility left
On February 27, Beijing time, the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation announced the latest (9th issue in 2024) world rankings. The top 10 rankings of men and women have not changed much, with Wang Yidi, a national table tennis player who did not perform well at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan last week, dropped from second to third in the world rankings, and 30-year-old veteran Chen Meng rose to second. Wang Manyu is still ranked fourth in the world, and the gap between her and Chen Meng's world ranking points is less than 400 points, but the difference between her and Chen Meng, who ranks second, is 3,700 points in the latest Olympic selection standings of national table tennis.
In terms of the men's world rankings, there is no change in the top 10, with Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun monopolizing the top four, and French teenager Phoenix Lebrun is 6th and Zhang Benzhihe is 9th. In the Olympic selection standings within the national table tennis, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong ranked the top two, basically locking the two men's singles seats in the Paris Olympics, Ma Long's third position is also very stable, and the points gap between Liang Jingkun and Ma Long below is large.
In terms of women's world rankings, Wang Yidi retreated to third and Chen Meng returned to second in the world. The ranking of the two in the Olympic standings of national table tennis is also Chen Meng's current second and Wang Yidi's third. Now the suspense of the women's line is whether Wang Manyu, who is ranked fourth in the world volleyball team and Olympic points, will have a chance to catch up with Chen Meng. If you follow the current ranking, it should be Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng to participate in the women's singles competition of the Paris Olympics, of course, many fans think that the most ideal Olympic women's singles lineup of national table tennis should be Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu.
At present, there are more than two months left before the deadline for the Olympic points selection announced by the national table tennis team on May 15, and the more important events left are: WTT Singapore Grand Slam (March 7-17), WTT Incheon Championships (March 27-31), and Individual World Cup (April). The singles champion in Singapore has 2,000 points, the Incheon singles champion has 1,000 points, and the individual World Cup champion has 1,500 points. The internal Olympic selection points rules of the national table tennis in these three events are 3000, 1000 and 3000 points for the champion. Whether Wang Manyu can make the final impact is worth paying attention to from the outside world.