On March 27, Beijing time, the ITTF World Rankings for the 13th week of 2024 were released, and Wang Chuqin surpassed Fan Zhendong to return to the world's No. 1 throne. Wang Chuqin chose not to participate in the WTT Incheon Championships starting today due to his huge lead, and even if Fan Zhendong can win the men's singles title, he will not be able to surpass him. Tomokazu Zhang is ranked 9th and will fall out of the top 10 if he doesn't work hard.
Let's take a look at the top 10 in the ITTF men's singles world rankings in week 13 of 2024, Chinese players have swept the top four, and 5 of the top 10 are occupied, and the specific rankings are as follows: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Felix Lebrun, Lin Yunru, Lin Gaoyuan, Calderano Hugo, Qiu Dang.
Among them, Wang Chuqin has performed extremely well after entering 2024, he won the men's singles title of the 2024 WTT Doha Men's Finals at the beginning of the year, and he won the championship with a 4-0 victory over world No. 1 Fan Zhendong in the final. In the just-concluded WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles final, Wang Chuqin defeated teammate Liang Jingkun 4-1 to win the championship.
The men's singles world rankings have changed significantly this week, mainly by the following players, one is the 43-year-old Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan, who rose six places to No. 33 in the world rankings, and Zhuang Zhiyuan won the men's singles title at the 2024 WTT feeder tournament Beirut this week.
In the men's singles final, Zhuang Zhiyuan's opponent was Kazakhstan's Kirill Glasmenko. In this match, he won 3-1, 14-12, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9 in four games.
Kirill Glasmenko, who won the men's singles runner-up in the WTT feeder tournament Beirut, has gained some success in the world rankings, and his ranking has also risen six places to No. 37. Elsewhere, India's Shatian Nanasekaran has risen 46 places to No. 60 in the world rankings. Manna Vika-Taka rose 11 places to No. 63 in the world rankings, while also setting a new personal high in the world rankings.