As we all know, the Incheon Championship has ended, and the Chinese team has won the men's and women's championships in singles. Among them, Wang Chuqin temporarily announced his retirement a few days before the start of the competition, which caused huge controversy, and in the recent world rankings updated by the International Table Tennis Federation, he was given 0 and suffered a big loss.
Judging from the latest official world rankings announced by the International Table Tennis Federation, Wang Chuqin is still the first in the three categories, among which the men's singles points are far ahead, thousands of points higher than Fan Zhendong. So for Wang Chuqin, this seems to be a very happy thing. But in fact, judging from his overall points accumulation, this time the big head is very bad. According to the points details released by the International Table Tennis Federation on the official website, Wang Chuqin was punished for temporarily withdrawing from the Incheon Championships this time, and was given 0 in a single competition. This means that he has only seven valid points this year, compared to eight for other athletes, which is very bad for him to maintain the world No. 1 ranking in the future.
Some fans may not know what it means to be given 0, and this punishment is very serious for athletes. Wang Chuqin was given 0 points, and the effective time is one year, and in this year, the points of other players have accumulated 8 valid points, which are directly counted in the world ranking. And Wang Chuqin has a 0 because of a competition, and he can only have seven effective points in a year. In this way, for Fan Zhendong, he will be able to use the advantage of eight effective points to overtake Wang Chuqin and regain the world No. 1 ranking. In this way, it seems that this time for Wang Chuqin, it is indeed a very disadvantaged thing to be punished for his temporary withdrawal.
Of course, from the current point of view, it is not the first time that a player has been given 0 in national table tennis. Previously, Fan Zhendong was also given 0 in his retirement last year, which caused his world ranking points to also suffer very much. For Wang Chuqin, receiving such a warning this time undoubtedly tells him that in the follow-up games, he must be careful not to make the decision to withdraw at will, otherwise it will affect his world ranking.
Of course, for the national table tennis coaching staff, when these main players decide to retire, they should also communicate with the ITTF to ensure that the points of these players will not be assigned 0, so as not to affect the world ranking too much. After all, whether it is Fan Zhendong or Wang Chuqin, they all retired from the competition because of an official announcement, which affected their points. I believe that many fans are not feeling good, and once the time comes, it will have a very bad impact on the national table tennis preparation for the Olympic Games.
All in all, Wang Chuqin's temporary retirement this time suffered a big loss, and I hope that other main players will take warning. In the next competition, it is recommended not to cancel the registration or withdraw from the competition if it is not due to special circumstances. After all, their decision will have a very big impact on the work of the ITTF, and in the end, it is the players themselves who will suffer.