On the evening of April 21, Beijing time, the 2024 Macau ITTF Singles World Cup came to a perfect end, with the national table tennis winning the championship and runner-up in both men's singles and women's singles.
In men's singles, Ma Long "let three chase four", achieved a super reversal, and won the World Cup men's singles championship for the third time, but it was a pity that Lin Gaoyuan sang all the way to the final, but he did not expect to encounter a "Waterloo" when he was closest to the championship trophy. Even if he is the runner-up in the World Cup, Lin Gaoyuan has also created the best record of his "three major competitions", which is worthy of recognition.
Men's Singles semi-finals: Wang Chuqin, Zhang Ben Tomokazu, Men's Singles quarterfinals: Zhang Yuzhen, Hayasuke Togami, Anton Carlberg, Fan Zhendong, Men's Singles semi-finals: Hugo Calderano, Lin Yunru, Omar Assal, Felix Lebrun, Liang Jingkun, Freitas, Darko Joczyk, Lin Shidong.
In women's singles, Sun Yingsha won three games in a row, reversed Wang Manyu 4-3, and won the World Cup women's singles championship for the first time, and Wang Manyu was runner-up by two points.
The semi-finalists of the Women's Singles are Chen Meng and Miwa Zhang, the quarter-finals of the Women's Singles are Zheng Yijing, Miu Hirano, A. Diaz and Hina Hayata, and the semi-finals of the Women's Singles are Chen Xingtong, Zhu Qianxi, Tian Zhixi, Sutasini, Wang Yidi, Polkanova, Shin Yubin and Szokos.
In the Macau Singles World Cup, the champion can get 1,500 points, and the runner-up can get 1,050 points.
In addition to the bonus points from the Singles World Cup, another factor that will have a significant impact on next week's standings is that the points for the WTT Macau 2023 Championship Macau are about to expire. The WTT Championship has 1,000 points for the winner and 700 points for the runner-up. At that time, the men's singles champion was Wang Chuqin, the runner-up was Ma Long, the women's singles champion was Wang Manyu, and the runner-up was Chen Meng.
This plus and one subtraction has a greater impact on the points. Here's a rough look at the real-time ranking changes of the world's top 20 men's and women's singles players.
Of course, in the past week, in addition to the Macau Singles World Cup, the World Table Tennis Federation (WTT) also held the WTT feeder tournament Havezhov, as well as a number of junior tournaments, but the participants ranked lower, even Yoshimura Maharu and women's singles champion Lee Eun-hye won the men's singles championship at Havezhov, plus 125 championship points, they could not rank among the top 30 in the world.
The top 20 of the latest points in men's singles
1.王楚钦：7600-1000+525=7125
2.樊振东：5138-175+265=5228
3. Ma Long: 3855-700+1500=4655 (up 1)
4. Liang Jingkun: 4255-105+130=4280 (down 1)
5.♂:2525-90+1050=3485 (3 promotions)
6. Felix Lebrun: 3202 (down 1 place)
7. Lin Yunru: 2931 (down 1)
8. Hugo Calderano: 2575-175+130=2530 (down 1 place)
9. Tomokazu Zhangmoto: 1875-350 + 525 = 2050
10. Qiu Dang: 1580
11. Zhang Yuzhen: 1380-175 + 265 = 1470 (up 1 place)
12. Anton Carlberg: 1275-90+265=1450 (up 1 place)
13. Ocharov: 1400 (down 2 places)
14. Omar Assar: 1168-15+130=1283 (up 2 places)
15. Freitas: 1168-45 + 130 = 1253 (up 2 places)
16. Lin Shidong: 1160-55+130=1235 (up 2 places)
17. Francesca: 1230 (down 2 places)
18. Darko Joczyk: 1255-175+130=1210 (down 4 places)
19. Aruna: 1120-55+45=1110
20. Moregaard: 1110
21. Hayasuke Togami: 845-35+265=1075 (up 4 places)
22. Zhou Qihao: 954
23. Falck: 954
24. Simon Goetz: 880-35 + 40 = 885
34. Alex Lebrun: 983-350+40=637 (down 13 places)
Although the ranking of the top 10 in the men's singles world has changed, it is still the same 10 players, and there is no change. Wang Chuqin stopped in the semi-finals of the Macau World Cup, but still ranked first in the world with 7125 points. Fan Zhendong missed a good opportunity to close the score, stopped in the quarterfinals, and continued to be in second place.
Ma Long overtook Liang Jingkun and returned to the top three in the world. Lin Gaoyuan's ranking rose 3 places and returned to the fifth place in the world, and the national table tennis "Five Tigers" once again swept the top five in the world.
Qiu Dang, who failed to qualify in the World Cup upset group, still sticks to the 10th place in the world. However, from 10th to 20th, except for Aruna and Moregaard, the remaining eight have changed their rankings, with Omar, Freitas and Lin Shidong all rising two places, while Darko Joczyk has dropped four places.
Hayasuke Togami, who reached the quarterfinals of the Macau World Cup, moved up four places to 21st.
Top 20 in the latest women's singles points
1.孙颖莎：7150-350+1500=8300
2.王曼昱：5915-1000+1050=5945
3. Chen Meng: 4935-700 + 525 = 4760 (up 1 place)
4. Wang Yidi: 4955-350+130=4735 (down 1 place)
5. Chen Xingtong: 3085-70+130=3145
6.早田希娜：3018-175+265=3108
7. Shen Yubin: 2270
8. Zhang Benmeihe: 1327-105 + 525 = 1747 (up 4 places)
9. A. Diaz: 1535-90+265=1710 (up 1 place)
10. Zheng Yijing: 1537-175+265=1627 (up 1 place)
11. Szokos: 1650-175 + 130 = 1605 (down 3 places)
12. Process: 1620-90+70=1600 (down 3 bits)
13.平野美宇：1206-43+265=1428
14. Zhu Qianxi: 1155-55+130=1230 (up 1 place)
15. Nina Mittram: 1172-20+40=1192 (down 1 place)
16. Yang Xiaoxin: 1140
17.田志希：1097-90+130=1137
18. Takahashi Bruner: 1002-20+40=1022 (up 2 places)
19. Han Ying: 1090-90=1000 (down 1 place)
20. Yuan Jianan: 1035-90 + 40 = 985 (down 1 place)
21. Polkanova: 839-15+130=954 (up 2 places)
22.蒯曼：900-5+40=935
25. Qian Tianyi: 948-175=773 (down 4 places)
42. Sutasini: 361-15 + 130 = 476 (up 17 places)
The "5 Golden Flowers" of national table tennis still occupy the top five positions in the world. Among them, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu continue to widen the gap with others, and the women's singles quota for the National Table Tennis Paris Olympics is becoming clearer and clearer. Chen Meng overtook Wang Yidi with a slight advantage of 35 points and returned to the top three in the world. And Chen Xingtong and Hina Hayada only have a score difference of 37 points. By the end of April, when the 600 points for the women's singles champion of the 2023 WTT Star Challenge Thailand expire, Chen Xingtong will definitely be overtaken by Hina Hayata, because there are no other tournaments to make up for the points during this period.
Mimato Ito, who did not qualify from the group, fell out of the top 10 and fell three places to 12th place. Instead, another Japanese player has reached the top 10 in the world, and that is 15-year-old Miwa Haramoto. She reached the semi-finals in her first appearance at the Women's World Cup, moving up four places in the rankings and entering the world's top 10 for the first time, at No. 8.
Diaz and Zheng Yijing, who reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, each moved up one place, while Szokos stopped in the round of 16 because of the loss to Wang Manyu, and immediately fell out of the top 10 in the world, ranking 11th.
Thailand's Sutasini, who squeezed out Mimato Ito in an upset and broke into the round of 16 of the World Cup, moved up 17 places to 42nd place.
Qian Tianyi missed the competition, but the 175 points from last year's WTT Macau Championship expired, so her ranking continued to fall, falling to 25th.