The International Table Tennis Federation said that due to the epidemic, the competition is currently in a state of suspension. This month, the world ranking will be “frozen” until the competition restarts.
Xinhua News Agency, Singapore, April 16 — The International Table Tennis Federation announced the world ranking in April on the 16th. Fan Zhendong, a Chinese team athlete, surpassed his teammate Xu Xin and returned to the first place in the world of men’s singles, chen Meng, another member of Guozhen, occupied the first place in the women’s singles for the 11th consecutive month. Since the ITTF event was in a state of shutdown due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, ITTF will “freeze” the world ranking this month until the game restarts.
Fan Zhendong won the Qatar Open last month, and now he is 655 points ahead of Xu Xin, the second place. Malone continued to rank third. Japanese player Zhang benzhihe exchanged positions with Lin Gaoyuan, a member of the national basketball team, ranking four or five. The 6th to 10th place are Brazilian player caldelano, Chinese Taipei athlete Lin Jairu, Chinese team Liang Jingkun, Swedish player Falk and German veteran Bohr.
In terms of women’s singles, after Chen Meng, Japanese players refreshed their career ranking record again ITO Meicheng, ranking second in the world. Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen and Wang Manqi were ranked three to five among the three women of the National Republic of China. Ding Ning, a grand slam winner, Zhu Yuling, a member of the national elite, and Zheng Yijing, a Chinese Taipei athlete, ranked the sixth to the eighth place. Singapore player Feng Tianwei and Japanese player Kasumi Ishikawa are still tied for the ninth in the world.
The International Table Tennis Federation said that due to the epidemic, the competition is currently in a state of suspension, and the world ranking will be “frozen” this month until the competition restarts.