On April 23, Beijing time, after the men's World Cup and the women's World Cup, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 17th week of 2024. The 15-year-old rose to No. 8 in the world and set a career-high ranking, while Ito fell out of the top 10 again.
In the previous men's World Cup, Ma Long defeated Lin Gaoyuan and won the championship, and Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan's performance in this competition exceeded expectations, which is also reflected in the world rankings. In the latest world rankings, Ma Long overtook Liang Jingkun to third place, while Lin Gaoyuan rose three places to fifth place. In this way, the national table tennis team is among the top five in the men's singles world, followed by Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan. Men's singles 6-10 are Felix Lebrun, Lin Yunru, Hugo Calderano, Zhang Benzhihe, Qiu Dang.
Teenager Lin Shidong also rose 2 places to 16th place. Sweden's Anton Carlberg moved up to 12th and set a new career record.
In women's singles, after the end of the Women's World Cup, the top seven in the world still have no change, followed by Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Hina Hayata, Shen Yubin, the national table tennis swept the top five in the women's singles world, but Hina Hayada is only 37 points less than Chen Xingtong. Another player from Japan, Miwa Haramoto, finished third on the podium at the World Cup, and she rose to eighth place in the world, setting a new career record, and she is not yet 16 years old, which is a miracle.
In the women's singles, Puerto Rico's Diaz is the world's No. 9, the world No. 10 is Romania's Szokos, Ito Misei fell out of the top 10 again, temporarily No. 11, Miu Hirano is ranked No. 13, and Han Ying, who suffered a serious injury before, fell again to No. 19.
The three doubles events have not changed much, with Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin being the world No. 1 in Men's Doubles, Shin Yubin/Tian Zhixi being the World No. 1 in Women's Doubles, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha being No. 1 in the Mixed Doubles.
There is the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in May, as well as the Taiyuan regular season and the Chongqing Championship, especially the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam with high points, which may have a huge impact on the rankings, especially the Chinese women's table tennis is fiercely competing for the Olympic quota, and the Saudi Grand Slam is a life-and-death battle for Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and others!