On October 15, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 42nd week, Lin Shidong rose to second in the world with 5185 points, and the latest world top 10: Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Hugo, F Lebrun, Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Gaoyuan, and Moregaard.
Lin Shidong performed very well after the start of the Los Angeles cycle, with 3 crowns (men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles) at the WTT Regular Challenge Almaty, men's singles champion at the WTT Macau Championships, WTT Beijing Grand Slam (men's singles, mixed doubles) champion + men's doubles runner-up, table tennis Asian Championships (men's team, mixed doubles) runner-up + men's singles runner-up.
Many people are criticizing Lin Shidong's 1-3 loss to Tomokazu Zhang in the men's singles final of the Asian Championships, sending Tomokazu Zhang to the throne of the first person in 50 years, but do you know? Lin Shidong, who has four events at the Asian Championships (men's team, men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles), only finished his journey to the Beijing Grand Slam on October 8, and then rushed to Astana, Kazakhstan, where he played 16 matches and won two titles and one runner-up, and he was really tired.
The 2024 Table Tennis Championships will be held in Ordos, and Lin Shidong also has the task of the Hainan men's team this time, and he will start playing the first round of the game on October 16, so he flew to Ordos non-stop after the Asian Championships.
According to the fans' Reuters report, Lin Shidong has returned to Beijing from Astana, and he will travel from Beijing to Ordos to prepare for the men's team competition of the National Championships.
The 19-year-old world No. 2, everyone still gives more encouragement and respect, he is the first core of our Los Angeles cycle, men's singles, men's team, mixed doubles he is an absolute trump card.
Text/Yan Xiaobai: Ping Pong observation