At present, the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam competition is about to begin, and the national table tennis has officially arrived in Saudi Arabia to prepare for the final preparations. As the tournament is approaching, the ITTF has recently officially updated its world rankings. Judging from the world ranking this time, some of the main forces of national table tennis have declined to varying degrees. In contrast, foreign associations such as Japan and France have made great breakthroughs and attracted attention.
First of all, judging from the ranking of men's and women's singles, this time it is still Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin who lead the first. Among them, Wang Chuqin has been ranked No. 1 in the world for seven consecutive weeks, and his results are still relatively stable, after all, in terms of points, he is more than 1,000 points ahead of Fan Zhendong in second place, so if he can continue to achieve good results in the Saudi Grand Slam competition, Wang Chuqin's first ranking is still stable. On the other hand, Sun Yingsha's own points advantage is very large, and she has always been a fault lead compared to other main forces of national table tennis. If there is no accident, Sun Yingying is likely to sit in the world's No. 1 position for a long time in the future, and here I would like to congratulate Wang Chuqin, the two post-00 players, who are very hard working and competitive.
In addition, it can be seen that Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun are still ranked fourth in the men's singles rankings, while Lin Gaoyuan, who had previously entered the fifth, has slipped this time, and his ranking is directly surpassed by Felix Lebrun, a 17-year-old prodigy. As a result, Lin Gaoyuan fell directly by one place, while Felix Lebrun rushed to fifth place and fought his way out of the encirclement. You must know that the top five players were all players of the Chinese team before, this time as a player from the foreign association, Felix Lebrun, a 17-year-old prodigy, has achieved such results, which is indeed very difficult, and it is estimated that it will also pose a very big threat to the next journey of national table tennis.
Especially for the national table tennis to participate in the Olympic Games in the second half of the year, the competition venue happens to be the home of the 17-year-old prodigy.
In addition to this, there are also changes in the women's singles. In addition to Sun Yingsha first, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng are in the top four. Chen Xingtong, who was previously ranked fifth, slipped and was overtaken by Hina Hayada of the Japanese team, so Chen Xingtong fell to sixth place, and the first sister of the Japanese team returned to fifth place. Under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly a big blow to Chen Xingtong. For the Japanese team, they are out of the encirclement, and they also have the opportunity to challenge the national table tennis next.
It can be seen from the changes in the ranking of men's and women's singles this time that although most of the main forces of national table tennis have played well, such as Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Sun Yingsha, their performances are very strong. But at the same time, the players in the foreign associations are starting to rise, and we are no longer in the fault lead. In such a situation, whether it is for Wang Chuqin or Sun Yingsha, they must pay attention to it.
Especially Sun Yingsha, as the successors of the post-00s, will definitely face more challenges in the future. In the face of the pursuit of strong enemies such as Lebrun and Hina Hayata, how to prepare for a counterattack and continue to lead the national table tennis to dominate this is a difficult task, I hope they will continue to work hard.