Table tennis girl Mitsui Ito 2nd in the world ranking Japan record high April 16 20:56
Table tennis player Makoto Ito, who has been unveiled as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics, is ranked second in the world ranking of women's singles announced on the 16th, and it is the current ranking system, and it is the highest rank among both men and women. It was.
Ito achieved second place in the Qatar Open Women's Singles on the World Tour held until the 8th of last month, including straight wins against the gold medalist of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and polite players from China.
The international table tennis competitions have been postponed one after another due to the influence of the new coronavirus since the middle of last month, but the International Table Tennis Federation announced the latest world ranking based on the competition held on the 16th. , Ito went up one place from the 3rd place last month in the women's singles, and became the best 2nd place.
Since the current ranking system was established in 1991, the highest ranking of Japanese players has been 3rd, which is Ito, Kazumi Ishikawa, and male Tomokazu Harimoto, but this has been updated.
Mr. Ito said, "I feel that the ranking has risen without being aware of it, but I want to do my best so that I can be the best in the world by the Olympics."
Among Japanese girls, Ishikawa, who has been nominated as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics, is 9th and Miu Hirano is 11th.
Among the men, Harimoto is 4th, Takanori Niwa is 13th, and Jun Mizutani is 17th.
The world ranking of table tennis has been announced every month so far, but since all international competitions have been postponed until the end of June, the rankings announced this time will be frozen for a while.