The reason why the "left-handed general" can become a long-lasting proposition is that the left-handed players bring the audio-visual experience to the opponent and the audience are "awkward and fresh", and it is mainly controlled by the right brain, resulting in the left-hand general reaction speed is faster, and everyone can play a more smooth and fast attack and defense, which is a scarce treasure that people love and hate.
Among the active men's table tennis players in the world, the left-handed players who are enough to be on the top ten list are sixty percent in Asia and four percent in Europe.
Below, let's take a look at the ranking of the top ten active left-handers in the world men's table tennis one by one.
10th place: Freitas (Portugal)
Freitas was born in 1988 and is a 36-year-old veteran. Age has severely diminished his speed and strength, otherwise he could have moved higher up the active left-hand rankings. Freitas is the most typical European traditional style of play, with outstanding backspin ability, and is good at holding on to the middle and far tables. Freitas helped Portugal win their first European Championship gold medal in 2014 and at his peak, he was ranked fourth in Europe.
9th place: Duda (Germany)
Duda, born in 1994, is the No. 5 player in the German men's team. Linde was the runner-up of Germany's World Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu, and his men's doubles duo with Qiu Dang reached multiple finals at WTT events. Linde's left-handed technique is very fierce, and he is known for his violent twisting and pulling and mid-stage confrontation. He has played against all the main players of national table tennis, and every time he can create a relatively tense situation, he is a very tough opponent.
8th place: Anders Lind (Denmark)
Linde is known as the "Danish fairy tale" of the world table tennis world, because this young man born in 1998 once created an incredible miracle of the human body. He was involved in a car accident in 2021 that broke two of Linde's vertebrae in a violent collision and had been told that he could no longer pursue sports. As a result, Linde overcame a formidable post-operative obstacle and returned to action eight months later with the perseverance to push through the limits of physiology.
Tall at 1.83m, Linde is the tallest left-handed male player in the tournament and is the quintessential European style of play, with a well-balanced forehand and backhand. Billiard ball control and speed are the relatively weak areas of Linde. At the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, Linde reached the quarterfinals and created the best record in Europe.
7th place: Shinozuka Daito (Japan)
Born in 2003, Shinozuka is one of the three major Olympic representatives of the Japanese men's team in Paris. He fought Ma Long at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, although he lost 1-3, but in the process of the two sides, Shinozuka Daden repeatedly had a significant advantage. is as strong as Ma Long, and he also has a headache about his ability to entangle. Shinozuka Daito is different from his predecessor Mizutani Hayabusa's style, his ball path is simpler, and he pursues continuous improvement in the quality of repeated landing points, and "stacked output" is his main characteristic.
6th place: Teruku Matsushima (Japan)
Born in 2007, Matsushima is not very high in the world rankings, but he has already shown his strongest growth. He is a member of the main squad of the Japanese team at the World Table Tennis Championships and the first choice for the Olympic P card. Its left-handed style of play is very characteristic in terms of speed and change, and the backhand large-angle tear is the signature killing board. Teruma Matsushima is currently the youngest male player to compete in the world's top competition, but he already has the strength to compete with the world's top five.
5th Place: Lim Jong-hoon (South Korea)
Lin Zhongxun is currently the No. 2 position of the Korean table tennis national team, both singles and doubles, and his left-handed skills are prominently concentrated in the middle and far platform holding links. His consistent play-taking rate and high-quality counter-attacks often lead to surprising scores. Han Lin is an Asian player who is very different from Asian players, he has a wide open and closed framework, and he is very European.
4th Place: Boll (Germany)
Bol is the number one evergreen legend in men's table tennis today, he has embarked on a new path of "relying on spin against speed" on the premise of ensuring his physical fitness, and his high-quality spin control has allowed him to have sufficient buffer space under the speed impact of young people, and at the same time created a counterattack opportunity for himself. Uncle Bo not only can't be killed easily, but he also has a desperate killing board that seals his throat with an arrow, and the ball quotient is huge, and he still hasn't slipped too far from the peak. It is a formidable opponent that deserves the high respect and deep attention of all.
3rd Place: Lin Gaoyuan (China)
Lin Gaoyuan is the fastest man in national table tennis, his speed flow style of play is distinctive, and high-speed holding near Taiwan is a housekeeping skill. Lin Gaoyuan is still in the top ten in the world and the top five in national table tennis, with the title of world champion, but he lacks a strong personal top record. The Paris Olympics have missed him, and he will be over 30 years old in the next cycle, and I am afraid there will be no more opportunities to impact. It is a pity that he has never been able to reach the height of the peak, full of regrets.
2nd Place: Lin Yunru (Chinese Taipei)
Lin Yunru was born in 2001, and since his debut, he has been wearing the aura of "Treasure Island First Genius", and his backhand speed flow system, as the most advanced system recognized at the moment, does make him worthy of the title of first day talent. Lin Yunru's backhand twisting and pulling technology is currently the strongest in the world, and his high-frequency swing speed near the platform is dazzling and dizzying. At present, Lin Yunru's state is still slowly improving in a very stable manner, he has not yet touched his upper limit, and he is a real enemy.
1st Place: Wang Chuqin (China)
Wang Chuqin is currently ranked No. 1 in the world in men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, and this brilliant ranking is enough to reflect his current level of strength. Wang Chuqin's left-handed ball, in the power and speed of the perfect balance point, he is also good at nailing the near platform speed, but also not afraid to retreat to the middle and far platform to fight for strength, especially in the backhand spin confrontation, Wang Chuqin's strength is the greatest. If Wang Chuqin can complete the Grand Slam when he arrives in May next year, then it is also a high probability that he will win the honor of "the strongest male left in history".