Today, the ITTF announced the latest world rankings for this week (week 20). Because the WTT Saudi Grand Slam was held last week, there was a big change in the rankings.
In men's singles, Wang Chuqin is ranked No. 1 in the world by a huge margin, followed by Fan Zhendong, Ma Long is No. 3 in the world, and Liang Jingkun is fourth. Although Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun were eliminated early in the Saudi Grand Slam, it had no impact on their rankings, after all, there was an advantage in points, and the landlord's family had a lot of surplus food. In fifth place is Lebrun, and Lin Gaoyuan is in sixth. Francesca, who reached the final of last week's Saudi Grand Slam Grand Slam, was originally ranked 16th in the world, but announced her latest ranking of 9th, rising seven places and entering the top 10 for the first time, which is the best gift for Francesca this summer. In the semi-finals, Zhang Yuzhen, who lost to Francesca, also rose seven places in the rankings, from 20th in the world to 13th in the world. Hayasuke Togami has risen one place to No.20 in the rankings, while another South Korean player, Cho Dae-sung, has also moved up eight places to No.23 in the world due to his performances last week. These rankings are all new career highs. Lin reached the semi-finals of last week's Saudi Grand Slam and moved up to 11th in the world rankings. Tomokazu Zhangmoto, who was in front of him.
In Women's Singles, although Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng in last week's Saudi Open, she has more points than the world No. 2 and No. 3 combined, and her lead is obvious, and her loss has little impact on her points. She is still ranked No. 1 in the world by a huge margin. Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha in the final of the Saudi Grand Slam to win the title, and her ranking changed from No. 4 in the world to No. 2 in the world. Batra made it to the quarter-finals, and her world ranking also rose sharply, directly up 15 places to No. 24 in the world. Wang Manyu was eliminated early in the Saudi Grand Slam, and her world ranking dropped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the world, and Wang Yidi's ranking also dropped one place to No. 4.