Table tennis world ranking Sun Yingsha Fan Zhendong leads by fault, and the pressure is on Wang ManyuOn March 5, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation released the latest world rankings. In view of the fact that no major international events have been held in the world since the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, this week's world ranking has remained basically stable compared to last week, and it is now explained in detail.
In the men's singles field, Fan Zhendong is still firmly ranked No. 1 in the world, and his points advantage is significant, with a difference of nearly 1,000 points with Wang Chuqin, who ranks second, forming a large score difference. At this stage, Wang Chuqin poses a strong challenge to Fan Zhendong, but from the point of view, unless Fan Zhendong has a significant decline in the follow-up games, it will undoubtedly be difficult for Wang Chuqin to achieve transcendence.
Wang Chuqin, who is in second place, also has an advantage of more than 1,000 points compared to Ma Long in third place, and Ma Long does not care much about the points ranking at present, Wang Chuqin's second position is relatively stable. Ma Long is also clearly ahead of fourth-placed Liang Jingkun to ensure that his position in the world is unshakable, while Lin Gaoyuan occupies the fifth place in the world, so far, the five main players of the Chinese table tennis team have successfully swept the top five places in the men's singles world rankings.
Among the non-Chinese players, Felix from France, who is currently ranked sixth in the world, is one of the competitors that the Chinese table tennis team will focus on in future competitions.
In women's singles, Sun Yingsha continued to maintain a cliff-like leading position, with more than 4,000 points far ahead of second-placed Chen Meng, indicating that her position in the world No. 1 ranking in the next year will be unshakable. Chen Meng managed to climb her world ranking to second with her outstanding performance at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and her current points and rankings are of strategic importance to her, especially in the race for singles qualification for this Olympic Games.
However, Wang Yidi, who followed closely behind, put a lot of pressure on Chen Meng. Wang is currently ranked fourth in the world, a position that is not ideal for her, and the upcoming major tournaments such as the World Cup will be an important battleground for her to qualify for the Olympic singles tournament.
Among the overseas association players, Japan's Hina Hayada is the current leader of the non-Chinese team with a world fifth result, followed by China's Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi.
In the doubles event, the Chinese table tennis team performed well, with the men's doubles and mixed doubles events ranking first in the world, among which the men's doubles combination of Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, and the mixed doubles combination of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are still very competitive. As for the women's doubles, the doubles combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu is temporarily ranked second in the world.