Hot Breaking Point! ITTF Announces World Rankings for Week 10 of 2024! The top 10 pattern of men's and women's singles has changed slightly: Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu have both risen one place and returned to the forefront! Then, the perfect combination is upgraded!
This change, along with the fierce debate of "why not go to Wang Manyu" that has existed since the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, finally has an expected turning point. And Wang Yidi's decline means that she has basically withdrawn from the competition for the Paris Olympics.
In men's singles, the top three in the world are still dominated by Chinese players Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long. The fourth place was seized by Lin Gaoyuan, and Liang Jingkun slipped slightly to fifth.
However, Lin's upgrade came a week too late. Registration for the WTT Incheon Championships has closed, and the top four players in the world table tennis team in Week 9 will automatically qualify for the men's singles. Liang Jingkun, who is ranked fourth, has successfully won the last men's singles spot.
In the sixth to tenth rankings, France's F. Lebrun, Germany's Hugo, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and China's Qiu Dang.
On the other hand, in women's singles, the most eye-catching change is that Wang Manyu surpassed Wang Yidi and regained the top three positions!
Due to the expiration of the points of the WTT Goa match last year, Wang Yidi's points fell sharply, allowing Wang Manyu to exceed 62 points by virtue of not scoring points, and finally returned to the third place in the world. This also gave Wang Manyu, who has been in a passive situation, a chance to breathe.
This means that she can face the next matches more easily, such as the Singapore Grand Slam, the Macau Singles World Cup, the Incheon Championships, etc., and avoid losing her nerves under pressure. In addition, her competition with Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng will also become more intense.
Chen Xingtong ranked sixth, and Qian Tianyi ranked eighth. Hina Hayada moved up to fifth, Shin Yubin to seventh, and Adriana Diaz and Bernadette Szokos finished ninth and tenth, respectively, to break into the top 10 for the first time.
Han Ying and Zheng Yijing both dropped out of the top 10, and the possibility of returning is slim. Other Chinese players, such as Zhang Rui, Kuo Man, He Zhuojia, Li Yake, Shi Xunyao, etc., also have varying degrees of performance in the world rankings.
The table tennis world is changing, and the rankings of players are constantly being updated, and their records will determine the future of Chinese table tennis. Let's look forward to seeing them continue to excel in the future!