Regarding the world ranking, some people value it and some people think that it doesn't matter if it is calculated by points, strong strength and good results can naturally be at the top, the former, can't the national football team still lose to a team that is not as good as ours in the world ranking? Therefore, the world ranking does not represent strength, but it is a form of expression. For national table tennis, due to its relatively strong strength, the world ranking does not seem to care much, and the top five can basically be occupied, and only the Olympics will need to consider seeding seats. On the Japanese side, it has been paying attention to the world rankings, and recently Japanese media revealed that some Chinese media wrote that China has to prevent Hina Hayada from entering the top 4 of the World Cup, otherwise the probability of winning gold will be reduced. What's going on?
Let's take a look at the Japanese media report on this first, the Japanese media said that if China wants to win the women's singles championship at the Paris Olympics, the first and most certain thing is that the two competitors will maintain the top two rankings in the world, so that they will not play each other before the Paris Olympics final.
This is true, in order to protect the championship, the Chinese team will inevitably think of such a formation in the Olympic squad, so Sun Yingsha is far ahead as the world's No. 1, after Wang Yidi confirmed that he would not be able to participate in the Olympics, the competition between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng has become more and more fierce, and they are competing for the world's second and second singles qualifications, after all, the points are relatively close, Wang Manyu 5915 points, Chen Meng 4935 points.
But the rest of the story was hilarious. Japanese media said that the Chinese media reported that if foreign players are higher than China in the world ranking, the risk will be very high, and Hina Hayata, who is currently ranked 6th in the world, has 3018 points to possibly do this, and she is only nearly 2000 points away from the current world No. 2 Wang Manyu, so in any case, the Chinese team will keep an eye on Hina Hayada and prevent her from reaching the top 4 in high-level competitions such as the World Cup. In addition, there are still many competitions before the Olympics, and the main team of the Chinese team will not participate in all competitions.
The general meaning has been understood, and the Japanese media said in the tone of the Chinese media that the Chinese team will keep an eye on Hina Hayada and prevent her from getting good results and high points. So let's take a step back, take the Macau World Cup as an example, the championship points are 1500 points, the runner-up is 1050 points, the semi-finals are 525 points, the quarterfinals are 265 points, the top 16 are 130 points, and the top 32 are 50 points.
So suppose the Chinese team unexpectedly let Hina Hayada win the World Cup and score 1,500 points, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will not be able to enter the top 4 or win the runner-up? Moreover, this kind of accident cannot be said to not happen, but the probability is very small, the top 4 mentioned by the Japanese media are only more than 500 points, what if Chen Meng and Wang Manyu win the championship?
Moreover, even if Hina Hayada goes to play various small competitions that the main team of the Chinese team does not participate in, according to the ITTF World Ranking Points Rules, with a cycle of 52 weeks, the 8 highest event points obtained by each player in the cycle are counted, such as the Olympic Games, the World Table Tennis Championships and other events held for more than one year, and the validity period of the points will be extended to the end of the next event. How many championships do you have to win with these 2,000 points? Is it effective?
Instead of counting the world rankings here, it's better to train hard and try to get good results in the big tournaments. But I would like to know, is there really a Chinese media report like this? Who wrote it?