On April 23, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 17th week of 2024. The conclusion of the singles World Cup in Macau has led to changes in the world rankings of both men's and women's singles. In men's singles, Ma Long surpassed Liang Jingkun and returned to third place with the high points of the runner-up in this station. Lin Gaoyuan also regained the world No. 5 after receiving a high points injection. In women's singles, Zhang Benmeihe relied on the top four results of the World Cup to achieve a significant jump in the rankings, and entered the top 10 in the world for the first time in her life, rising straight to No. 8! Zhang Benzhihe and Zhang Benmei and their brother and sister are in the top 10, which is another unparalleled spectacle.
1. Men's Singles: Men's Singles reappears in the top five
In men's singles, Wang Chuqin's World Cup semi-finals are enough to ensure that he continues to sit on the world No. 1 throne for a while. Fan Zhendong's second place is not much of a threat for the time being. Ma Long surpassed Liang Jingkun and returned to the top 3 in the world, which also filled the Olympic lineup of the national table tennis men's team from the top 3 in the world, and was impeccable in form, and Liang Jingkun returned to 4th. Lin Gaoyuan played amazingly in this station, reaching the finals of the three major competitions for the first time, surpassing Hugo, Lin Yunru and F. Lebrun in points, and regaining the 5th place. Since then, the five tigers of national table tennis have been able to reproduce the world's top 5 scenery.
The top 10 in the men's singles world are: 1 Wang Chuqin 7125, 2 Fan Zhendong 5228, Ma Long 4685, 4 Liang Jingkun 4280, 5 Lin Gaoyuan 3485, 6F Lebrun 3202, 7 Lin Yunru 2931, 8 Hugo 2530, 9 Zhang Benzhihe 2050, 10 Qiu Dang 1580
2. Women's Singles: Zhang Benmeihe became the youngest TOP10
In women's singles, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu continued to consolidate their positions in No. 1 and No. 2 with their high scores in the final. Although Wang Yidi was robbed and killed by Zhang Benmei, he still retained the third position. Chen Meng and Chen Xingtong are still ranked 4th and 5th respectively, and the national table tennis women's team also ranks in the top five in the world.
Miwa Zhang contributed the biggest improvement of the week, moving from 12th to 8th, becoming the youngest player in the top 10. Misei Ito, who failed to make it out of the group stage in this tournament, fell out of the top 10 again.
Women's Singles 1st to 10th place in order: 1 Sun Yingsha 8300, 2 Wang Manyu 5965, 3 Wang Yidi 4772, 4 Chen Meng 4760, 5 Chen Xingtong 3145, 6 Hina Hayada 3108, 7 Shen Yubin 2270, 8 Zhang Benmeihe 1747, 9 Diaz 1710, 10 Szokos 1605
Third, doubles front: G two first
In the three doubles, the women's doubles world No. 1 ranking still belongs to the South Korean pair Shin Yubin/Tian Zhixi, and the men's doubles and women's mixed doubles are both held by the national table tennis team.
Men's Doubles: #/Wang Chuqin 1st, penultimate / Lin Shidong Lin Shidong 3rd, Ma Long/5th from the bottom
Women's Doubles: Shen Yubin/Tian Zhixi No. 1, A Mou/Wang Manyu No. 2, 'A Yidi No. 4, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu
Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha No. 1, Lin Shidong/Kuo Man No. 4, Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi No. 10