With the end of the Saudi Grand Slam tournament, the world ranking of the national table tennis women's team has changed directly. With the women's singles championship in the Saudi Grand Slam tournament, Chen Meng gained 1,650 valid points, with a total of 6,410 points, surpassing Wang Manyu, who ranked second. Due to this Grand Slam event, Wang Manyu unexpectedly stopped in the second round of singles and only obtained 90 valid points.
As a result, Wang Manyu came to third place in the world ranking, with a total of 5,965 points, and Chen Meng had more than 500 points more than Wang Manyu. Wang Yidi, on the other hand, is ranked fourth in the world, and like Hina Hayata, he has 700 points, with a total of 5,305 points.
With the start of the Chongqing Championship on May 30, Chen Meng can still maintain the advantage in rankings and points as long as he reaches the semifinals. So now that Chen Meng's advantage in the world ranking has been temporarily consolidated, Wang Manyu is indeed a pity. If Wang Manyu remains undefeated in foreign wars this time, it will be very stable to participate in the singles competition at the Olympic Games.
In such an important selection event, Chen Meng used his stable performance to win the championship and proved himself again. Because she has not won the singles championship for more than two years, Chen Meng also specifically mentioned this issue after the game, and winning the championship is a self-reflection of Chen Meng's state.
Chen Meng touched many fans with his stable game performance. Chen Meng not only played well in the finals this time, but also defeated the main players of Japanese table tennis from the beginning of the knockout round of 16 into 8, and the gold content of winning the championship was very high. However, this is also because Chen Meng was defeated by Wang Manyu in two tournaments in March, and was defeated by Sun Yingsha in the semifinals of the World Cup, which made Chen Meng begin to study technology.
Winning this title is particularly important for Chen Meng, and it is also the result of her hard training in recent times. However, who will qualify for the singles competition at the Olympics is not based on winning a competition. Instead, the results of the entire Olympic selection cycle should be used as the selection criteria, so as to appear more objective.
Wang Manyu's performance at the Saudi Grand Slam was sluggish, but she recovered her form in the subsequent doubles matches. Therefore, Wang Manyu is still a strong contender for the Olympic singles championship, and Wang Manyu still has a chance to impact the championship in the Chongqing Championships at the end of the month. At present, most coaches on the coaching staff still prefer Wang Manyu to participate in the Olympic singles competition, after all, this player is more technologically advanced.
Usually the players who are more technologically advanced are better in terms of hard power. Wang Manyu can get at least one place in the Olympic team competition, and this player is still the most important player in the team competition. Chen Meng experienced setbacks in the previous competition, so this Grand Slam event ushered in a big explosion.
After the setback of the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, Wang Manyu will definitely be able to learn the lessons of the game. This is conducive to Wang Manyu's performance in the next game, and a player can only find his own shortcomings if he experiences more difficulties in the game. Chen Meng's previous match against Wang Manyu was because he did not have an advantage in the service round, so Chen Meng began to pay attention to the hair extension technique.
Chen Meng's ability to limit Hina Hayada and Miwa Zhang in the service round of this Grand Slam tournament was largely inspired by her previous match with Wang Manyu. It was also after experiencing various downturns before that Chen Meng finally won another singles championship. Some fans say that Chen Meng is a late bloomer, but in fact, this is a process of impacting the championship.
However, this process is a bit long, from winning the Singapore Grand Slam in March 2022 to winning the Saudi Grand Slam in May 2024, after more than two years, Chen Meng has finally completed this upward impact process. Of course, although the results between her and her teammates are not dominant, but being able to win the championship again this time shows Chen Meng's competitiveness.
This shows even more that it is not easy for veterans, and the time to win a singles championship is prolonging, and this championship is the best reward for Chen Meng. Although it came a little late, this time node happened to be the most important moment for the selection of the National Table Tennis Olympics.
The national table tennis player with the fastest rise in the world ranking this time is Qian Tianyi, who has risen eight places directly, and the current world ranking has come to 17th. Qian Tianyi also played well in the foreign war this time, and also defeated his teammate Chen Xingtong. Because Hina Hayada reached the semifinals, the derby battle between Qian Tianyi and Sun Yingsha became unsuspenseful.
Qian Tianyi still has to play more of this kind of foreign war and exercise her ability to resist pressure in the game, which is conducive to the improvement of her stability in foreign wars in the future. Qian Tianyi was supposed to participate in the doubles competition, but this time the coaching staff of the Saudi Grand Slam tournament asked Wang Yidi and Chen Xing to partner in doubles, and Qian Tianyi was very sorry that he did not participate in the doubles competition as a left-handed player.
Of the top 20 players in the Saudi Grand Slam rankings this time, only Szokos slipped one place, while the rankings of the other players remained unchanged. Ito has also moved up one place in the rankings to No. 9 in the world rankings. Since the Saudi Grand Slam tournament is being held for the first time, all the players have risen in points.
Even players who were eliminated in the first round of singles received 20 valid points. There will be changes in the world rankings in the future, because the Chongqing Championship is also being held for the first time, as long as the players participating in the tournament can increase their points.