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yup.. from weibo haha :D
A few months ago I said that soon Ma Long would be ranked #1 and Zhang Jike would be ranked #2. The order of the top 3 is now how it should be. I think these rankings are pretty close to accurate. Ma Lin will slip out of the top 10 in the next few months if he does not turn things around. Based on performance since August 7th might be too high for how he is playing but he still has the points accumulated. That is how Samsonov was in the top 10 for the last few months as well. The changing of the guard.
and ma lin lost so many games against very weak players and is still better than mizutani and just a bit under xu xin. cant understand this :/
True, Ma Lin lost against much lower ranking players, but in doubles, most of the time he finished up in the finals. So, that kinda balanced it out a little for him.
so doubles count for the single ranking? really??
Yup, you do get individual points, though not a lot, but it helps. There are no doubles world ranking in TT, unlike tennis where there are doubles tournaments only. Therefore you get doubles specialists in tennis. They don't play singles, just doubles all year long.