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May World Rankings 2012
The ITTF have just released the latest World rankings! The rankings were published by the International Table Tennis Federation on Thursday 3rd May 2012.
Similar to the April 2012 ITTF World Rankings, Ma Long and Ding Ning remain number one in the World in their respective Men's and Women's categories. This is the twentieth time Ma Long has been ranked at World number 1 with Ding Ning claiming the number one spot for the eighth time.
The team Liu Guoliang chose for the recent World Team Championships 2012 are still all ranked in the top 5 of the World. In order, China’s Ma Long stands at no.1 position, followed closely by Zhang Jike, Wang Hao, Xu Xin and Ma Lin.
The rankings have changed more-so at the other end of the rankings where players battled hard for Olympic places at various qualification events around the World.
Ma Long (pictured below) retains his World number 1 status
Only 1 position changed in the top 10 rankings of the men's with no.6 (Timo Boll), 7 (Jun Mizutani), 8 (Joo se Hyuk), 9 (Wang Liqin) remaining in the same positions. Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov dropped one place behind Chuang Chih Yuan. Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chih Yuan is now the 10th ranked player of the world completing the top 10 list.
Mens World Rankings
01 (<<) Ma Long
02 (<<) Zhang Jike
03 (<<) Wang Hao
04 (<<) Xu Xin
05 (<<) Ma Lin
06 (<<) Timo Boll
07 (<<) Jun Mizutani
08 (<<) Joo Se Hyuk
09 (<<) Wang Liqin
10 (11) Chuang Chih-Yuan
11 (10) Dimitrij Ovtcharov
12 (<<) Chen Qi
13 (<<) Vladimir Samsonov
14 (16) Gao Ning
15 (14) Oh Sang Eun
16 (15) Ryu Seung Min
17 (19) Koki Niwa
18 (17) Hao Shuai
19 (22) Lee Jung Woo
20 (18) Jiang Tianyi
21 (20) Seiya Kishikawa
22 (26) Bastian Steger
23 (21) Patrick Baum
24 (<<) Adrien Mattenet
25 (<<) Michael Maze
26 (23) Adrian Crisan
27 (33) Zhan Jian ^^
28 (29) Robert Gardos
29 (28) Chen Weixing
30 (35) Chu Yan Leung
31 (37) Marcos Freitas
32 (34) Tang Peng
Full list of Men's World Rankings here
Japan's Koki Niwa jumped two places to no.17 after beating Ma Long at the recent Asian Olympic Qualifications. Zhan Jian, Chu Yan Leung, Marcos Freitas and Tang Peng move up positions to complete the top 32 rankings of the world. Elsewhere in the rankings, Portugal's Joao Monteiro jumped 19 places from no.57 to 36. Japan's Chan Kazuhiro moved from position 60 to 38 after his recent form at the Chile Open World Tour.
Serbia's Aleksandar Karakasevic is now top 50 in the world with a position of 40. A career high for France's Emmanuel Lebesson as he is now in the top 50 of the world for the very first time with a ranking of 49!
A staggering jump made by Hungary's Adam Pattantyus as he is now ranked at 81 from a previous world ranking of 133. Brazil's Cazuo Matsumoto, Poland's Such Bartosz, and England's Paul Drinkhall are now all ranked inside the top 100 of the world rankings!
Womens World Rankings
1 (<<) Ding Ning
2 (03) Liu Shiwen
3 (02) Guo Yan
4 (<<) Li Xiaoxia
5 (<<) Guo Yue
6 (<<) Kasumi Ishikawa
7 (<<) Wang Yuegu
8 (09) Feng Tianwei
9 (10) Ai Fukuhara
10 (15) Kim Kyung Ah
Full list of women's World Rankings here
Kim Kyung Ah "Lady of the Moment" as she is back in the top 10 of the world rankings.
Kim Kyung Ah - Photo By: An Sung Ho
Ding Ning remains top spot of the World in the Women's category. Guo Yan and Liu Shiwen swap places with Liu Shiwen coming in at number 2 position. Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yue follow closely behind. Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa is the highest non Chinese player coming in a no. 6. The Chinese Women's team take the full 5 top spots just like the men's.
Singapore's Wang Yuegu remains at no.7. Tie Yana drops of the top 10 positions with with Feng Tianwei filling the eighth position. Japan's Ai Fukuhara follows closely behind has she jumps one place to no.9. Kim Kyungah of Korea comes in at no. 10 to completing the top 10 listings!
What do you all think of the new world rankings? Any surprises? What do you think of the rankings this period (May, 2012).
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says I like to hit Heavy Topspinsays I like to hit Heavy Topspin05-04-2012 1336138796 #2
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says TableTennisDaily 2,0 is live!says TableTennisDaily 2,0 is live!05-04-2012 1336139446 #3
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says I like to hit Heavy Topspinsays I like to hit Heavy Topspin05-04-2012 1336147283 #5
It is funny, I looked at the May rankings on ITTF to see if it came from their site. It might have but, if it did, they had corrected it by the time I looked.
One time I posted something with a typo, pretty recently. And as soon as I posted it I pressed edit, and fixed the typo, and before I was done editing the typo, someone had caught it. I got a kick out of that. It made me laugh.
Thanks for posting the May rankings though.
One surprise to me, I thought Koki Niwa would have gone up more than just two slots from beating Ma Long at the Asian Olympic Qualifications. It will be fun to see how he rises in the ranks and if and how soon he will be in the top 5.Setup 1: Blade by Nate: Vortex Spin Machine, FH Evolution MX-K, BH Evolution FX-P
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05-04-2012 1336147463 #6
Haha that's funny, I was probably being quick!
By the way, I just posted a messaged about Koki Niwa not being ranked higher,, we are thinking on the same lines Carl haha! I thought Koki defeating Ma Long would have pushed Koki into top 15, considering he was the first to qualify to. Bonus points :PThe Following User Likes Dan's Post:
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This user has no status.This user has no status.05-04-2012 1336149105 #7
I'm expecting Koki Niwa to improve further his world ranking in months to come..
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This user has no status.This user has no status.05-04-2012 1336151934 #9
Did the Asia Qualification actually count for WR? I mean for most countries the two strongest players weren't there... Of course Ma Long was, but for example Joo/Oh, Jun/Seiya weren't. So maybe it didn't count for WR. For the rest, I'm always shocked to see Hao Shuai in the top-20. Does he ever enter tournaments?
I never see him. Though he is World Champ Mixed Doubles
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says I like to hit Heavy Topspinsays I like to hit Heavy Topspin05-04-2012 1336155968 #10
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says I like to hit Heavy Topspinsays I like to hit Heavy Topspin05-04-2012 1336156250 #11
It is true, I wonder if it did count towards world ranking.
Also, Hao Shuai. It is too bad that the CNT does not let him play more because, it is possible that he could get back into the top 10 if they did. But it seems that they never let him go to any of the singles events.Setup 1: Blade by Nate: Vortex Spin Machine, FH Evolution MX-K, BH Evolution FX-P
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05-04-2012 1336156572 #13
I think you are possibly right WiWa, however I think the European Qualifications had World Rankings as Paul Drinkhall is now in the top 100 of the World. The European Qualifications is the only tournament he played I believe. Therefore, if European Olympic Qualifications had World Rankings involved then I presume Asian Olympic Qualifications would follow..
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This user has no status.This user has no status.05-04-2012 1336158707 #14
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says I like to hit Heavy Topspinsays I like to hit Heavy Topspin05-04-2012 1336161393 #15Setup 1: Blade by Nate: Vortex Spin Machine, FH Evolution MX-K, BH Evolution FX-P
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Spin is Everything
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This user has no status.This user has no status.05-04-2012 1336161613 #16
Liu Shiwen back at No.2
It's a shame that Hao Shuai is not allowed to play. In most countries he would be the No.1 ...
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This user has no status.This user has no status.05-04-2012 1336162626 #17
Yea he is a great player to watch, but he doesn't have the trademark Chinese power loops. Maybe that is what made them write him off. But in trials and such he still ranks really well among all the Chinese players. He should go to play for a club in Europe. But I guess China needs him as a training partner because of his superiority in blocking xD
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05-05-2012 1336184610 #18
I am glad for Chuang chih yuan to be back in the top 10 again