On May 14, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced the latest edition of the world rankings.
In women's singles, Sun Yingsha continued to lead with 9,200 points. Although in last week's Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng in the final and missed the championship, Sun Yingsha still gained 1,400 points with the runner-up result!
At present, seven of Sun Yingsha's eight valid points are championship points, which are from: 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships Women's Singles Champion, 2023 Nagoya Finals Women's Singles Champion, 2024 Macau World Cup Women's Singles Champion, 2024 Incheon Championship Women's Singles Champion, 2023 Ljubljana Women's Singles Champion, 2023 Lanzhou Star Challenge Women's Singles Champion and 2024 Doha Stars Challenge Women's Singles Champion!
The only one who didn't have championship points was the women's singles runner-up at last week's Saudi Grand Slam!
With his outstanding performance in the Saudi Grand Slam last week, Chen Meng successfully overtook Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in the world rankings and returned to the second place in the world!
At present, Chen Meng's eight valid points are 6410 points! has opened up the gap with Wang Manyu, who is ranked third!
In last week's Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Chen Meng performed very well, defeating three Japanese Olympians and then defeating world No. 1 Sun Yingsha in the final to win the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam Women's Singles title!
Not only that, Chen Meng also successfully entered the singles of the Paris Olympics with the last round of the trials! It can be said that it is double happiness!
Wang Manyu's world ranking has slipped one place and is currently in third place, and Wang Manyu's current points are 5965 points!
Originally, before the Saudi Grand Slam, Wang Manyu's singles competition for the Paris Olympics was very good, as long as he can reach the semifinals, he has a good chance of qualifying for the singles of the Paris Olympics!
But no one expected that Wang Manyu would lose to India's Batra in the second round! This also caused Wang Manyu to lose the initiative all of a sudden!
Wang Yidi's world ranking has also slipped one place, and he is now in fourth place!
Wang Yidi's performance in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is still very good, and he did not lose any more foreign battles, but he lost in the semifinals against Sun Yingsha, which is quite stable!
Japan's Hina Hayada is currently ranked fifth, and she is also the highest-ranked player in the world among foreign players!
Chen Xingtong, Shin Yubin, Zhang Benmei, Ito Misei and Szokos are ranked 6th to 10th, respectively!
According to the selection method previously promulgated by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, on May 14, the Chinese Table Tennis Association will announce the final lineup for the Paris Olympics. Let's wait and see!