On April 23, Beijing time, the ITTF world rankings for the 17th week of 2024 were announced, and Zhang Benmeihe, who was only 15 years and 10 months old, hit a new high, ranking among the top 10 in women's singles for the first time in her career, which is also one of the rewards for her recent defeat of Wang Yidi, the main force of national table tennis, and entered the semifinals of the World Cup singles.
However, in terms of age, Zhang Benmeihe can only bow down in front of his brother Zhang Benzhihe - as early as 2018, Zhang Benzhihe was ranked in the top ten in the world at the age of 14 years and 10 months, and fans can't help but sigh: This brother and sister are indeed precocious!
Zhang Benzhihe and Zhang Benmei are all Chinese athletes, father Zhang Benyu (formerly known as Zhang Yu), mother Zhang Benling (formerly known as Zhang Ling) are all former Sichuan athletes, especially Zhang Benling has also represented the national table tennis in the World Championships, but in the talented Chinese table tennis arena, her role is also like a passerby, as for Zhang Benyu's career is even more lackluster.
But what people didn't expect was that the couple, who had average grades, trained a son and a daughter to become top athletes in the table tennis world, and they both became famous at a young age, and there was an incredible existence among the young players.
Tomokazu Zhangmoto, who was born in 2003, participated in the World Championships as early as 13 years old, and became famous at that time, defeating the Japanese table tennis brother Mizutani Hayabusa, becoming the youngest quarter-finalist in the history of the event, and then defeated Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and other national table tennis main players, and officially ranked in the top ten in the world in 2018.
Zhang Benmeihe, who was born in 2008, also began to have the strength to compete with top masters after the age of 13, and successively defeated Misei Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa, Miu Hirano, Hina Hayada and others, and now at the age of 15, he also defeated Wang Yidi, the main force of national table tennis, ranking among the top ten in the world.
At present, it seems that the 15-year-old Zhang Benmeihe is very close to his brother at the same age, especially the World Cup has surpassed Zhang Ben Zhihe's results in the semifinals, but Zhang Ben Zhihe won the World Cup runner-up soon after turning 16 years old, this record Zhang Ben Meihe is impossible to catch up, in addition, Zhang Ben Zhihe has broken through the main force of national table tennis far more times than Zhang Ben Meihe, and other results are relatively better.
However, Zhang Benzhihe, who had a rapid upward momentum back then, is now a significant threat to national table tennis, so will Zhang Benmei and the future follow his brother's old path? Or will he be better than his brother? Welcome to leave a message and write your own prediction!