On May 14, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced the latest world rankings for the 20th week of 2024. The national table tennis women's singles is still Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, and Wang Yidi who won the top four, and the men's singles Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Liang Jingkun won the top four. When the official list of participants in the Paris Olympic Games is about to be announced, it should be said that the current national table tennis still has a strong dominance in the world table tennis arena.
In last week's Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Ma Long lost 0-3 to South Korea's Jang Woo-jin in the second round of men's singles, Liang Jingkun lost to Iranian veteran Alamiyan in the second round, and Fan Zhendong unexpectedly lost to Germany's Francesca 2-3 in the round of 16. Wang Chuqin finally won the men's singles championship, and these accidents in the men's line had little impact on the whole team.
Francesca reached the final last week, and with a whopping 1,400 points, he rose seven places to No. 9 in the world rankings, but unfortunately Germany's squad for the Paris Olympics has been announced, and Francesca was not selected. Japan's first men's table tennis player, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, lost 0-3 to Phoenix Lebrun in the round of 16 of the Saudi Arabian Championship last week, and Tomokazu Zhangmoto's world ranking dropped one place to No. 10, and he is now only 240 points more than Lin Shidong, who is ranked 11th in the world.
Iran's Alamiyan has risen 17 places in the world rankings and is now ranked 51st in the world. Zhang Yuzhen rose seven places to No. 13 in the world.
In women's singles, Chen Meng, who won the Saudi Championship last week, rose to second place in the world, Wang Manyu retreated to third place in the world and Wang Yidi to fourth place in the world. The official list of national table tennis for the Paris Olympics is about to be announced, and the focus is on whether the two quota places for the women's singles will be given to Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng as speculated by the outside world.
Qian Tianyi, who reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the Saudi Arabian Championships last week, rose eight places to No. 17 in the world. India's No. 1 sister Batra, who upset Wang Manyu last week, rose 15 places to No. 24 in the world rankings. Italy's Pickering, who reached the last 16 of the Saudi Arabian tournament last week (lost to Miwa Zhang in the round of 16), has risen 40 places in the world ranking to 56th in the world.