The main force of the national table tennis has been training to prepare for the Paris Olympics and has missed many events, but at the WTT regular challenge Lagos station, the national table tennis sent a number of young players to experience, and they reached the finals in both women's singles and mixed doubles, but unfortunately failed to reach the top. The Indian player was undoubtedly the biggest winner of the tournament, winning the triple crown. Sliga Akula, who defeated Wang Yidi 3-0 at the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, also won the women's singles and women's doubles championships.
German veteran Ocharov defeated teammate Ricardo Joseph 4-1 to win the men's singles title; India's Sliga Akula also defeated national table tennis teenager Ding Yijie 4-1 to win the women's singles championship. India's Desai/Taka beat Nigeria's Omotayo/Solanke 3-0 to win the Men's Doubles. The two Indian pairs met in the Women's Doubles final, with Akula/Kamath beating Chitale/Golpad 3-0 to claim the Women's Doubles title. The Mixed Doubles title went to Korea's Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin, who defeated the national table tennis pair of Luo Jiecheng/Xu Huiyao 3-0.
In the world rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation in the 26th week of 2024, national table tennis players continue to win the world No. 1 in all five individual events, including men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.
Men's singles
There was no change in the men's singles world top 10 rankings this week due to Brazil's early withdrawal from the tournament in Lagos, resulting in no top 10 players in the men's singles world in the tournament. National table tennis players still account for half of the world's top ten, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, and Ma Long are in the top four, and Lin Gaoyuan is ranked seventh.
This week's top 10 men's singles are: 1.Wang Chuqin, 2.Fan Zhendong, 3.Liang Jingkun, 4.Ma Long, 5.Felix Lebrun, 6.Hugo Calderano, 7.Lin Gaoyuan, 8.Lin Yunru, 9.Francesca, 10.Qiu Dang.
Ocharov broke a championship drought of more than a year, scoring 400 championship points and moving up five places to 14th place. Zhao Dacheng rose one place in the rankings and broke into the top 20 for the first time. Anton. Carlberg slipped 11 spots to No. 26. Runner-up Ricardo Walser moved up 47 places to 54th.
Ranking of other players in national table tennis: Lin Shidong remained at 12th, Xiang Peng at 40th, and Zhou Qihao slipped 14 places to 41st.
Women's singles
There is no change in the top 10 rankings in the women's singles world this week, which are: 1. Sun Yingsha, 2. Wang Manyu, 3. Wang Yidi, 4. Chen Meng, 5. Hina Hayata, 6. Chen Xingtong, 7. Miwa Zhangmoto, 8. Shin Yubin, 9. Miyu Hirano, 10. Szokos.
Shin Yubin is the only top-10 player in the women's singles in Lagos, just 20 points behind Zhang Benmeihe, who did not participate in the tournament. Therefore, as long as Shin Yubin reaches the final, he can return to the 7th position. It's a pity that she once again proved to be in the top 10 of the world for the "most watery". In the women's singles quarterfinals, Shin Yubin lost 2-3 to India's S. Mukherjee and missed the semifinals. You must know that Shen Yubin was the women's singles champion of last year's event, but he didn't expect this year's defense to be ended early.
Among the three Indians, Srija Akula rose 19 places to 24th; S. Mukherjee rose 50 spots to No. 75; A. Mukherjee rose 48 spots to No. 92, both setting career highs.
National table tennis player Ding Yijie rose 428 places, broke into the top 100, and temporarily ranked 76th, also setting the highest ranking in personal history.
National table tennis other player rankings: Qian Tianyi 16th, Kuo Man 26th, He Zhuojia 41st, Shi Xunyao 43rd.
Men's Doubles
There was no change in the top 10 in the men's doubles world this week, with the national table tennis pair of Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long/Lin Gaoyuan firmly in the top three.
India's Desai/Taka soared to 45th place with 400 championship points.
Women's Doubles
The Women's Doubles top 10 rankings remained unchanged this week, with Chen Meng/Wang Manyu holding the top spot with 5,583 points. They were followed by South Korea's Tian Ji Hee/Shin Yu Bin, followed by Zheng Yijing/Lee Yu Jin in third place.
India's Akula/Kamath soared straight to 44th place with 400 championship points. Runners-up Chitale and Gol Lampard moved up 224 places to 52nd.
Mixed doubles
National table tennis pair Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha are firmly at the top of the list with 6,780 points, South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin are second, and Japan's Hina Hayata/Tomokazu Zhang are third.