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The ITTF has published the new world rankings! These were released on November 5, 2014.
Huge jump by Quadri Aruna!
Quadri Aruna in action at the 2014 Men's World Cup - Photo by: ITTF
November was all about the Men's and Women's World Cups! This is where Quadri Aruna surprised the crowd by reaching the quarter finals resulting in a huge jump into the top 30 of the world. Furthermore the Asian Games came to an end last month causing some interesting changes for the Asian players.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen - 2014 Asian Games Champions - Photos by: ITTF
The Asian Games were held in Incheon, Korea Republic. The event started with a team event followed by doubles and singles events.
Catching up at the team semi finals it was the men's team of China posting a straight 3-0 victory over Japan. At the same time Korea Rep. defeated Chinese Taipei 3-1 thanks to two victories by Joo Se Hyuk. Joo kept his good form in the final against China but it just wasn't enough; Ma Long proved stronger at the deciding moments (11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 17-15). After this Xu Xin and Zhang Jike easily finished the job - Gold for China.
The Women's team of China met Japan in the final. China had easily swept Korea DPR in the semi finals while Japan had a tight 3-2 victory over Singapore. Japan started the Gold medal match well with a victory of Ai Fukuhara over Ding Ning. It was however not enough as Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling were in great shape, sealing another gold medal for China.
Similar to the Olympics and the World Cups each country may be represented by only 2 players in the singles event. Interesting both Japanese women were eliminated early. As expected Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen reached the final by sweeping their opponents in the semi finals, Feng Tianwei and Yang Haeun. The final wasn't a close call either; Liu Shiwen won by 4-0.
Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong didn't take any risks in their matches. Xu Xin, known to easily deal with defenders sent Joo Se Hyuk home within 26 minutes. Fan Zhendong posted a 4-0 victory as well against Chuang Chih-Yuan.
Ding Ning and Zhang Jike- 2014 World Cup Winners - Photos by: ITTF
The Men's and Women's World Cup were held in Düsseldorf, Germany and Linz, Austria.
Quadri Aruna was the most noticable name in the quarter finals. In order to get there he played three upsets in a row against Kenta Matsudaira, Alexander Shibaev and Tang Peng. Eventually world champion Zhang Jike, on his road to a double Grand Slam, was a step too far. Timo Boll showed that he still has the power to be a great threat towards the Chinese as he took Zhang Jike to a deciding 7th set in the semi final - a thriller for the home crowd. Ma Long, having beaten Jun Mizutani 4-0 on his path to the final was expected to be another big hurdle - and it turned out that way. Zhang Jike was down 2-3 but regained his momentum: Another 4-3 victory for the championship.
Many of the top seeded women were already eliminated in the round of 16. Melek Hu had no problems at all with Elizabeta Samara. Jiang Huajun easily handled with defender Seo Hyowon while teammate Lee Ho Ching stood no chance against Georgina Pota. Pota, playing her first World Cup ever continued with a 4-3 win against Huajun. She was then finally stopped by Li Xiaoxia. The final was another all-Chinese game as Ding Ning played 4-2 against Kasumi Ishikawa. This time the final was not as exciting; a straight victory for Ding Ning.
Other events included in this month's rankings are:
2014 Slovak Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit
2014 ITTF World Cadet Challenge
2014 Europe Youth Top-10
2014 Asian Junior & Cadet Championships
This month's most notable changes
6 (9) ISHIKAWA Kasumi
11 (16) FUKUHARA Ai
17 (26) POTA Georgina
23 (32) HU Melek
68 (unr) SUN Yingsha ^^
2 (3) MA Long
5 (7) MIZUTANI Jun
9 (12) FREITAS Marcos
13 (17) APOLONIA Tiago
17 (22) CHEN Chien-An
21 (27) MATSUDAIRA Kenta
30 (73) ARUNA Quadri
32 (43) YU Ziyang
34 (58) MATTENET Adrien
83 (103) CHEN Feng ^
Men's World Rankings
1 (1) XU Xin
2 (3) MA Long
3 (2) FAN Zhendong
4 (4) ZHANG Jike
5 (7) MIZUTANI Jun
x (6) WANG Hao
6 (5) OVTCHAROV Dimitrij
7 (8) CHUANG Chih-Yuan
8 (9) BOLL Timo
x (10) YAN An
9 (12) FREITAS Marcos
10 (11) SAMSONOV Vladimir
11 (13) GAO Ning
12 (xx) JOO Saehyuk
13 (17) APOLONIA Tiago
14 (16) TANG Peng
14 (15) NIWA Koki
16 (14) BAUM Patrick
17 (22) CHEN Chien-An
18 (19) GACINA Andrej
xx (20) KIM Minseok
19 (18) STEGER Bastian
20 (21) GIONIS Panagiotis
xx (23) CHO Eonrae
21 (27) MATSUDAIRA Kenta
xx (24) FANG Bo
22 (25) ZHAN Jian ^
23 (28) CRISAN Adrian
xx (xx) MAZE Michael
24 (26) GARDOS Robert
25 (29) MURAMATSU Yuto
26 (30) SHIONO Masato
27 (34) LEE Jungwoo
28 (31) MENGEL Steffen
29 (33) KISHIKAWA Seiya
30 (73) ARUNA Quadri
31 (36) YOSHIDA Kaii
xx (32) JUNG Youngsik
32 (43) YU Ziyang
Women's World Rankings
1 (1) DING Ning
2 (2) LIU Shiwen
3 (3) LI Xiaoxia
4 (4) FENG Tianwei
5 (5) ZHU Yuling
6 (9) ISHIKAWA Kasumi
7 (7) CHEN Meng
8 (6) WU Yang
9 (8) HAN Ying ^
10 (10) SEO Hyowon
11 (16) FUKUHARA Ai
12 (13) LIU Jia
13 (11) YU Mengyu
14 (14) LEE Ho Ching
15 (12) LI Fen ^
16 (15) SAMARA Elizabeta
17 (26) POTA Georgina
18 (17) HIRANO Sayaka
19 (23) DOO Hoi Kem
20 (18) YU Fu ^
21 (21) YANG Haeun
22 (20) LI Jiao
23 (32) HU Melek
24 (xx) RI Myong Sun
25 (24) ISHIGAKI Yuka
26 (19) SHAN Xiaona ^
27 (22) PAVLOVICH Viktoria
28 (29) WU Jiaduo
29 (27) JEON Jihee ^
30 (25) MORIZONO Misaki
31 (28) LIU Gaoyang
32 (xx) JIANG Huajun
Full rankings can be found here.
In November: the Russian Open and the Swedish Open!
Huge jump by Quadri Aruna!
Quadri Aruna in action at the 2014 Men's World Cup - Photo by: ITTF
November was all about the Men's and Women's World Cups! This is where Quadri Aruna surprised the crowd by reaching the quarter finals resulting in a huge jump into the top 30 of the world. Furthermore the Asian Games came to an end last month causing some interesting changes for the Asian players.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen - 2014 Asian Games Champions - Photos by: ITTF
The Asian Games were held in Incheon, Korea Republic. The event started with a team event followed by doubles and singles events.
Catching up at the team semi finals it was the men's team of China posting a straight 3-0 victory over Japan. At the same time Korea Rep. defeated Chinese Taipei 3-1 thanks to two victories by Joo Se Hyuk. Joo kept his good form in the final against China but it just wasn't enough; Ma Long proved stronger at the deciding moments (11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 17-15). After this Xu Xin and Zhang Jike easily finished the job - Gold for China.
The Women's team of China met Japan in the final. China had easily swept Korea DPR in the semi finals while Japan had a tight 3-2 victory over Singapore. Japan started the Gold medal match well with a victory of Ai Fukuhara over Ding Ning. It was however not enough as Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling were in great shape, sealing another gold medal for China.
Similar to the Olympics and the World Cups each country may be represented by only 2 players in the singles event. Interesting both Japanese women were eliminated early. As expected Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen reached the final by sweeping their opponents in the semi finals, Feng Tianwei and Yang Haeun. The final wasn't a close call either; Liu Shiwen won by 4-0.
Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong didn't take any risks in their matches. Xu Xin, known to easily deal with defenders sent Joo Se Hyuk home within 26 minutes. Fan Zhendong posted a 4-0 victory as well against Chuang Chih-Yuan.
Ding Ning and Zhang Jike- 2014 World Cup Winners - Photos by: ITTF
The Men's and Women's World Cup were held in Düsseldorf, Germany and Linz, Austria.
Quadri Aruna was the most noticable name in the quarter finals. In order to get there he played three upsets in a row against Kenta Matsudaira, Alexander Shibaev and Tang Peng. Eventually world champion Zhang Jike, on his road to a double Grand Slam, was a step too far. Timo Boll showed that he still has the power to be a great threat towards the Chinese as he took Zhang Jike to a deciding 7th set in the semi final - a thriller for the home crowd. Ma Long, having beaten Jun Mizutani 4-0 on his path to the final was expected to be another big hurdle - and it turned out that way. Zhang Jike was down 2-3 but regained his momentum: Another 4-3 victory for the championship.
Many of the top seeded women were already eliminated in the round of 16. Melek Hu had no problems at all with Elizabeta Samara. Jiang Huajun easily handled with defender Seo Hyowon while teammate Lee Ho Ching stood no chance against Georgina Pota. Pota, playing her first World Cup ever continued with a 4-3 win against Huajun. She was then finally stopped by Li Xiaoxia. The final was another all-Chinese game as Ding Ning played 4-2 against Kasumi Ishikawa. This time the final was not as exciting; a straight victory for Ding Ning.
Other events included in this month's rankings are:
2014 Slovak Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit
2014 ITTF World Cadet Challenge
2014 Europe Youth Top-10
2014 Asian Junior & Cadet Championships
This month's most notable changes
6 (9) ISHIKAWA Kasumi
11 (16) FUKUHARA Ai
17 (26) POTA Georgina
23 (32) HU Melek
68 (unr) SUN Yingsha ^^
2 (3) MA Long
5 (7) MIZUTANI Jun
9 (12) FREITAS Marcos
13 (17) APOLONIA Tiago
17 (22) CHEN Chien-An
21 (27) MATSUDAIRA Kenta
30 (73) ARUNA Quadri
32 (43) YU Ziyang
34 (58) MATTENET Adrien
83 (103) CHEN Feng ^
Men's World Rankings
1 (1) XU Xin
2 (3) MA Long
3 (2) FAN Zhendong
4 (4) ZHANG Jike
5 (7) MIZUTANI Jun
x (6) WANG Hao
6 (5) OVTCHAROV Dimitrij
7 (8) CHUANG Chih-Yuan
8 (9) BOLL Timo
x (10) YAN An
9 (12) FREITAS Marcos
10 (11) SAMSONOV Vladimir
11 (13) GAO Ning
12 (xx) JOO Saehyuk
13 (17) APOLONIA Tiago
14 (16) TANG Peng
14 (15) NIWA Koki
16 (14) BAUM Patrick
17 (22) CHEN Chien-An
18 (19) GACINA Andrej
xx (20) KIM Minseok
19 (18) STEGER Bastian
20 (21) GIONIS Panagiotis
xx (23) CHO Eonrae
21 (27) MATSUDAIRA Kenta
xx (24) FANG Bo
22 (25) ZHAN Jian ^
23 (28) CRISAN Adrian
xx (xx) MAZE Michael
24 (26) GARDOS Robert
25 (29) MURAMATSU Yuto
26 (30) SHIONO Masato
27 (34) LEE Jungwoo
28 (31) MENGEL Steffen
29 (33) KISHIKAWA Seiya
30 (73) ARUNA Quadri
31 (36) YOSHIDA Kaii
xx (32) JUNG Youngsik
32 (43) YU Ziyang
Women's World Rankings
1 (1) DING Ning
2 (2) LIU Shiwen
3 (3) LI Xiaoxia
4 (4) FENG Tianwei
5 (5) ZHU Yuling
6 (9) ISHIKAWA Kasumi
7 (7) CHEN Meng
8 (6) WU Yang
9 (8) HAN Ying ^
10 (10) SEO Hyowon
11 (16) FUKUHARA Ai
12 (13) LIU Jia
13 (11) YU Mengyu
14 (14) LEE Ho Ching
15 (12) LI Fen ^
16 (15) SAMARA Elizabeta
17 (26) POTA Georgina
18 (17) HIRANO Sayaka
19 (23) DOO Hoi Kem
20 (18) YU Fu ^
21 (21) YANG Haeun
22 (20) LI Jiao
23 (32) HU Melek
24 (xx) RI Myong Sun
25 (24) ISHIGAKI Yuka
26 (19) SHAN Xiaona ^
27 (22) PAVLOVICH Viktoria
28 (29) WU Jiaduo
29 (27) JEON Jihee ^
30 (25) MORIZONO Misaki
31 (28) LIU Gaoyang
32 (xx) JIANG Huajun
Full rankings can be found here.
In November: the Russian Open and the Swedish Open!