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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).
TableTennisDaily
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).
TableTennisDaily