On April 30, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 18th week, and the national table tennis continued to occupy the first place in the world in men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles, but the situation of men's and women's singles dominating the top five was broken. The main force of national table tennis will go to the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam and will fight continuously in May.
In this week's world rankings, France's Felix Lebrun rose one place in the men's singles rankings, surpassing Lin Gaoyuan to rank fifth, breaking the national table tennis team's dominance of the men's singles world top five and refreshing his career-high ranking. Lin Gaoyuan dropped one place to sixth, while Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun continued to rank in the top four. Japan's Hina Hayada surpassed Chen Xingtong and rose to fifth, while Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng continued to dominate the top four. In the three doubles, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin are ranked No. 1 in the men's doubles world, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha are firmly in the mixed doubles world No. 1, and the women's doubles world No. 1 belongs to South Korea's Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin.
The national table tennis is about to embark on the journey of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, as the second Grand Slam event of the year, the main tournament will be held from May 4th to 11th, and the national table tennis will play the main force. Men's team Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong in men's singles, Wang Chuqin partnered with Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan partnered with Liang Jingkun in men's doubles; women's team Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi played in women's singles, Chen Meng partnered with Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi partnered with Chen Xingtong in women's doubles, in addition to Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha in mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin once again became the only player in the national table tennis Grand Slam who has three players, in the Singapore Grand Slam in March, Wang Chuqin was three, won men's singles, Mixed doubles champion.
May is a busy month for national table tennis, not only the national table tennis Paris Olympics singles lineup will be announced, but the main force of national table tennis will continue to fight. After the end of the Saudi Grand Slam, the national table tennis will participate in the WTT Taiyuan Regular Challenge on May 20-26, in this competition, in addition to Fan Zhendong, the rest of the main national table tennis will play, in the main lineup Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong will play in singles, Wang Chuqin in men's doubles and mixed doubles, respectively with Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha: Sun Yingsha only played in the mixed doubles, Chen Meng partnered Wang Manyu in the women's doubles, Wang Yidi will also partner Chen Xingtong in the women's doubles, Ma Long partnered Lin Gaoyuan in the men's doubles, Wang Yidi partnered with Lin Gaoyuan, Chen Xingtong partnered with Yuan Licen in the mixed doubles. After the end of the Taiyuan group price, the national table tennis will move to Chongqing and play in the Chongqing Championship, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun will play in the men's singles, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng will play in the women's singles.