China News Service, July 6th. The ITTF recently announced its Olympic rankings for July this year. The Chinese table tennis team led the way.
According to the rules, the new Olympic ranking will determine the ranking of the Olympic seeds.
Men's singles ranking.
In men's singles, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin and Ma Long are ranked in the top three positions in the Olympics. As Xu Xin missed the Olympic singles list, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long will become the top two seed players in the Tokyo Olympic men's singles arena.
Japanese star Zhang Bentomo is the third seed, followed by Brazilian player Hugo and Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru.
European players were squeezed out of the top five, of which the World Table Tennis Championship runner-up Falk was the sixth seed, and the German duo Ocharov and Boll were the seventh and eighth seeds respectively.
Women's Singles Ranking
In women's singles, Asian players dominated the top eight positions.
Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are among the top two women's singles.
National Ping Pong's top rival Ito Mima is the third seed, and Chinese Taipei star Zheng Yijing is fourth.
Ishikawa Jiachun, Feng Tianwei, Tian Zhixi and Du Kaixian are ranked fifth to eighth seeds.
Xu Xin's partner Liu Shiwen leads the mixed doubles list.
The host combination Mizutani Falcon/Ito Mima and Chinese Taipei partner Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing ranked second and third respectively, and they are also the main competitors of Guoping in the project.
In addition, Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiyan, the only foreign association partner who has defeated "Xin Wen", is also worthy of vigilance.
Women's Team Ranking
As for the team, the defending champions of the Chinese table tennis team are No. 1 seeds in both the men's team and the women's team.
Japan has the ability to impact the national table tennis in both team events. In addition, the German men's team, which is hosted by Ocharov and Boll, is also eyeing the Olympic gold medal.
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