In the latest edition of the world rankings, Sun Yingsha is undoubtedly still ranked No. 1 in the world!
The most striking thing is that Japan's 15-year-old Miwa Zhangmoto successfully raised his world ranking to eighth place with his wonderful performance in the Macau World Cup!
This is also the first time in Zhang Benmeihe's career that he has entered the top ten in the world!
Many people are lamenting Zhang Benmeihe's talent, but in fact, in the world table tennis arena, Zhang Benmeihe's talent is not the best, and when he entered the top ten in the world, he was not the youngest!
So, who is the youngest athlete to break into the world's top 10?
Recently, the World Table Tennis Federation announced the list of the youngest athletes among the top ten female players in the table tennis world. They are:
1. Guo Yue: 14 years, 5 months and 15 days;
2. Misei Ito: 14 years, 7 months and 11 days
3. Zhang Benmeihe: 15 years, 10 months and 7 days;
4. Miu Hirano: 16 years, 6 months and 18 days;
5. Sun Yingsha: 16 years, 7 months and 27 days.
It can be seen from this list that in women's table tennis, the youngest athlete to break into the top ten in the world is Chinese player Guo Yue!
Guo Yue can be said to be a truly most talented athlete, as early as 2002 when he was only 14 years old, he reached the women's singles final of the ITTF year-end finals!
In 2004, Guo Yue represented the Chinese women's table tennis in the women's doubles competition of the Athens Olympics!
In 2005, Guo Yue, who was only 17 years old, partnered Wang Liqin in the Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships and won the mixed doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships!
At the 2007 World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Guo Yue defeated Grand Slam winner Yi Ning in the women's singles semifinals, defeated Li Xiaoxia in the final, and won the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships!
In 2009, Guo Yue, who was only 21 years old, defeated Ding Ning and Guo Yan in the women's doubles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships with her partner Li Xiaoxia and won the women's doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Even compared with today's Sun Yingsha, Guo Yue's talent is definitely surpassed!
In second place is Japan's Mimato Ito!
Misei Ito is also a very good young athlete, in the 2016 Olympic preliminaries, she once defeated Ding Ning, the absolute main force of Chinese women's table tennis!
In the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Misei Ito has single-handedly changed the pattern of the entire Chinese women's table tennis!
In this year's World Cup, Zhang Benmeihe defeated Wang Yidi, the main player of the Chinese women's table tennis team, and her performance was also very conspicuous, and she successfully ranked among the top ten in the latest world rankings!
In fourth place is also a Japanese player, Miu Hirano!
Miu Hirano won the World Cup women's singles championship as early as 2016, and defeated Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng of Chinese women's table tennis in the 2017 Asian Championships to win the women's singles championship of the Asian Championships!
Sun Yingsha, who is currently leading in the world ranking and ranking first in the world, can only rank fifth in this list!
But this does not mean that Sun Yingsha's talent is not high, because Sun Yingsha did not have the opportunity to participate in an international adult competition for the first time until the 2017 Japan Open!
But Sun Yingsha, who participated in the competition for the first time, won the women's singles and women's doubles championships!
However, so far, the five youngest top 10 in the world, Sun Yingsha's results are undoubtedly the best!
Sun Yingsha, who is not yet 24 years old, has already won a World Table Tennis Championships singles championship and a World Cup women's singles championship!
Sun Yingsha, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win the women's singles championship at the Paris Olympics!