Report from our correspondent (trainee reporter Zhan Yue) The International Table Tennis Federation announced the latest issue of world ranking yesterday. Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning continued to occupy the top spot in men’s and women’s singles, the top three of the two singles lists are from the Chinese table tennis team.
In the ranking of men’s singles, Fan Zhendong ranked first for 11 consecutive months, and Shanghai player Xu Xin ranked second, lin Gaoyuan, who won the Hungarian Open two weeks ago, exchanged positions with Japanese teenager Zhang Benzhi and rose from fourth to third. And five to ten are still Bohr, caldrano, Li shangzhu, Huang Zhenting, Dan Yu filial piety and Jun Mizutani. In addition, Malone ranked 12th, and Liang Jingkun’s ranking continued to rise, reaching 16th, creating a new high in his personal career.
In terms of women’s singles, Ding Ning and Zhu Yuling continued to rank in the top two, while Chen Meng, who lost Gui in the Hungarian Open women’s singles project, rose from the fourth to the third place. Japan’s best players Kasumi Ishikawa dropped from third to fourth. Liu Shiwen, Wang Manzhen, ITO Meicheng, Zheng Yijing, Hirano Meiyu and Feng Tianwei were still ranked five to ten.
Despite the top three men’s and women’s singles, the Chinese table tennis team has not slacked off. The World Table Tennis Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from April 21 this year, will be a test for the national championship. The straight-through trials of the World Table Tennis Championships are about to start. The qualifiers will be held on February 12-17. The final stage will be held from February 28 to March 3. Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng, Wang Manqi and Wu Yang entered the final stage directly. However, due to the lack of training recently, Zhang Jike, who has received much attention, has voluntarily given up this straight-through match.
The opponents of Guozhen are also making corresponding preparations. The South Korean table tennis team’s trials were fierce; The Japanese table tennis association announced some of the World Table Tennis Championships last week. Jun Mizutani, Zhang benzhihe, Dan Yu Xiaoxi, Jicun and Hong played men’s singles, while the women’s singles were Kasumi Ishikawa, ITO Meicheng, Hirano Meiyu and Sato pupil, the remaining two places will be produced on March this year.