Truth double-checked at the World Table Tennis Championships...Pure skill is more important than world ranking

Truth double-checked at the World Table Tennis Championships...Pure skill is more important than world ranking

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메이저놀이터 The World Table Tennis Championships are called one of the three major table tennis competitions along with the Olympics and Asian Games. Since the 2000 Kuala Lumpur International Games, the popularity of table tennis has skyrocketed, with individual and team events taking place alternately every year. The media's interest and tension are arguably the best in the world.

As it is a stage that determines the world's best, one can demonstrate one's pure skills. Under the current system, in which many competitions can accumulate ranking points, pure skills and world ranking are sometimes not proportional to each other. "Mileage-type rankers with high world ranking by accumulating many ranking points do not mean much," Korean and foreign leaders say. "Even if they are in the top 10 list, they often end up in the quarterfinals or round of 16, let alone challenges to win medals in major international competitions."

At the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships, which ended in Doha, Qatar on the 26th (Korea time), there were cases where pure skills and world ranking were not proportional. Representatives include Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi (Japan, world No. 1) and Rinsdong-Kwaiman (China, No. 1), who collapsed in the quarterfinals of women's doubles and mixed doubles respectively. All of them were Jojiman, a doubles player who was selected as the next runner in their country, and were hampered by lack of experience and poor performance in the tournament.

There were many cases where bubbles were lifted even in fasting. In the men's category, Tomokazu Harimoto (ranked fourth) was beaten by Shunsuke Dogami (ranked 30th) in the quarterfinals, while Tom Jarvis (ranked 139th) of England also made an unusual move to beat Chudang (Germany, 11th) in the round of 64. In the women's category, Rhea Rakovacz (Croatia, 139th) beat Miu Hirano (ranked 20th) in the round of 64.

"The top rankers do not participate in competitions with low ranking points. This is why many of them are not ranked No. 1 in the world rankings even if they are defending champions of Olympic or World Championships," said an official watching the upcoming competition. "Odo and Yokoi have accumulated a lot of ranking points, but Japan's existing flagship combinations, Jiara Miyu and Harimoto Miwa, have improved." Lin Shing-dong and Quaiman added, "We need time to overcome Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingxia, who has won three consecutive World Championships."