On April 23, 2024, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 17th week of this year, and new good news came from national table tennis.
This world ranking update is mainly based on the results of the singles World Cup, men's singles Ma Long won the championship, Lin Gaoyuan was the runner-up, Wang Chuqin, Zhang Benzhihe semi-finals, women's singles Sun Yingsha won the championship, Wang Manyu was the runner-up, Chen Meng, Zhang Benmei and the semi-finals, according to the regulations to obtain the corresponding points, the top ten has not changed much, mainly reflected in the growth of newcomer Zhang Benmeihe, Ito Misei has been declining.
Men's singles world top ten: Wang Chuqin 7125 points, Fan Zhendong 5222 points, Ma Long 4685 points, Liang Jingkun 4280 points, Lin Gaoyuan 3485 points, France's Felix Lebrun 3202 points, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru 2931 points, Brazil's Hugo Calderano 2530 points, Japan's Tomokazu Zhang 2050 points, Germany's Qiu Dang 1580 points, the national table tennis occupies the top five is gratifying.
World Cup champion Ma Long overtook Liang Jingkun to return to third place in the world, runner-up Lin Gaoyuan rose three places to fifth place in the world, Tomokazu Zhang had a semi-final finish but only held on to ninth, and three other career highs were Sweden's Anton Carlberg in 12th, Egypt's Omar Asal in 14th and Japan's Hayasuke Togami in 21st.
Women's singles world top ten: Sun Yingsha 8300 points, Wang Manyu 5965 points, Wang Yidi 4772 points, Chen Meng 4760 points, Chen Xingtong 3145 points, Japan's Hina Hayada 3108 points, South Korea's Shin Yubin 2270 points, Japan's Zhang Benmeihe 1747 points, Puerto Rico's Diaz 1710 points, Romania's Szokos 1605 points, Sun Yingsha fault lead, the advantage is very obvious.
Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are firmly in the top two, although Chen Meng reached the semifinals, but still 12 points behind Wang Yidi, Japanese teenager Zhang Benmei and noteworthy, has come to the eighth in the world, while Ito Misei fell out of the top ten, the next stop Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng continue to compete, to determine the second women's singles place in the Paris Olympics, Wang Manyu currently has an advantage, of course, Chen Meng still has a chance.
As long as the national table tennis occupies the top four in the world, it can be divided into different areas during the draw to avoid meeting in advance for internal friction, so the current ranking is very favorable, it is the situation that the coaching staff wants to see the most, and the time for the new competition is getting closer and closer.