On December 28, Beijing time, the ITTF World Rankings for the 52nd week of 2023 were released, and this list is also the last issue of the year. In women's singles, "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha firmly occupies the first place, and her ranking points are nearly double that of Wang Yidi (8550-4505) in second place. Among the top 10, there are 6 Chinese women.
The top 10 in the ITTF Women's Singles World Rankings for Week 52 of 2023 are as follows: Sun Yingsha (China), Wang Yidi (China), Wang Manyu (China), Chen Meng (China), Hina Hayada (Japan), Chen Xingtong (China), Qian Tianyi (China), Han Ying (Germany), Shin Yubin (South Korea), Misei Ito (Japan).
On this list, Sun Yingsha's world No. 1 ranking shows a cliff-like lead. At the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Durban in May, she finally won the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships with her strong strength and perfect performance. Sun Yingsha's road to winning the championship: 4-0 Soljia, 4-0 Samara, 4-0 Shen Yubin, 4-0 Han Ying, 4-1 Hina Hayata, 4-2 Chen Meng.
Subsequently, in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, she once again had a very hot performance, and she won the women's team championship, women's singles championship, and mixed doubles championship to become the triple crown. Among them, in the women's singles final, she defeated Japan's Hina Hayada 4-1 to win the final championship.
In addition, Sun Yingsha also won the championship with her teammates at the ITTF Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships and the first Mixed Team World Cup. On the whole, the year 2023 will be a year in which Sun Yingsha has won various championships.
Sun Yingsha's one was extremely exciting, while her old rival Misei Ito hit rock bottom. At the Pyeongchang Asian Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese team swept Japan 3-0 in the semifinals of the women's team, and in the game, Misei Ito lost 0-3 to Chen Xingtong. Since then, she has not appeared in the Asian Games.
In the second game, Chen Xingtong played more strongly, winning another game 11-4 and winning the match point 2-0. In the third game, Chen Xingtong became more and more courageous, and directly locked up the victory with 10-3, and swept Ito Misei with a total score of 3-0. The victory in this game also became a key battle to eliminate the Japanese team 3-0.
In the end, the Chinese team won the women's team championship with a complete victory. In the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong competed with technology, and their goal is undoubtedly still the championship.
World No. 1 Sun Yingsha and world No. 2 Chen Meng are undoubtedly the most stable main players of this team, and although Chen Xingtong's latest world ranking is high, her fame and strength seem to be a little worse than Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi. But through the excellent performance of the Asian Championships, I believe that in the Asian Games, I look forward to her continuing to perform well!