{"id":80325,"date":"2025-08-20T15:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/?p=80325"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:38:16","slug":"ittf-week-34-rankings-tomokazu-harimoto-returns-to-top-3-lin-shidong-sun-yingsha-retain-world-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/ittf-week-34-rankings-tomokazu-harimoto-returns-to-top-3-lin-shidong-sun-yingsha-retain-world-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"ITTF Week 34 Rankings: Tomokazu Harimoto Returns to Top 3, Lin Shidong &amp; Sun Yingsha Retain World No.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"80325\" class=\"elementor elementor-80325\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c26c09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c26c09\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec9b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ec9b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On August 19 Beijing time, the <strong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"227\">International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)<\/strong> released the <strong data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"267\">Week 34 World Rankings<\/strong>. With points from last week\u2019s <strong data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"324\">WTT Yokohama Champions<\/strong> added, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tomokazu_Harimoto\"><strong data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"353\">Tomokazu Harimoto<\/strong><\/a> climbed back to <strong data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"385\">World No. 3<\/strong> in men\u2019s singles, while <strong data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"428\">Hugo Calderano<\/strong> slipped to No. 4. At the top, <strong data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"474\">Lin Shidong<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"494\">Wang Chuqin<\/strong> continued to dominate at No.1 and No.2. On the women\u2019s side, <strong data-start=\"556\" data-end=\"573\">Chen Xingtong<\/strong>, despite winning in Yokohama, remained No.3, trailing behind <strong data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"656\">Wang Manyu (No.2)<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"683\">Sun Yingsha (No.1)<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2ef4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e2ef4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/q8.itc.cn\/images01\/20250819\/394fa2a0605f4c32b86b4e7042449bed.jpeg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef1a7e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef1a7e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"735\"><strong data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"735\">Women\u2019s Singles \u2013 Top 10 Unchanged<\/strong><\/h3><p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"862\">The Yokohama event had little impact on the very top of the women\u2019s rankings. The <strong data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"846\">Top 10 remains identical<\/strong> to last week:<\/p><ol data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1025\"><li data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"879\"><p data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"879\">Sun Yingsha<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"895\"><p data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"895\">Wang Manyu<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"914\"><p data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"914\">Chen Xingtong<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"928\"><p data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"928\">Kuai Man<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"943\"><p data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"943\">Wang Yidi<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"962\"><p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"962\">Miwa Harimoto<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"978\"><p data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"978\">Zhu Yuling<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"992\"><p data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"992\">Mima Ito<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1011\"><p data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1011\">Miyu Nagasaki<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1025\"><p data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1025\">Chen Yi<\/p><\/li><\/ol><p data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1217\">Chen Xingtong\u2019s victory in Yokohama was not enough to surpass Wang Manyu, given her past results. Zhu Yuling also stayed steady at No.7 thanks to her earlier <strong data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1208\">WTT Grand Smash USA<\/strong> title.<\/p><hr data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1222\" \/><h3 data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1262\"><strong data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1262\">Men\u2019s Singles \u2013 Ranking Shifts<\/strong><\/h3><p data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1316\">In contrast, the men\u2019s side saw <strong data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1313\">major movement<\/strong>:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1528\"><li data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1388\"><p data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1388\"><strong data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1340\">Tomokazu Harimoto<\/strong> jumped to <strong data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1359\">No.3<\/strong> after winning in Yokohama.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1389\" data-end=\"1449\"><p data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1449\"><strong data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1409\">Hugo Calderano<\/strong> (absent in Yokohama) dropped to No.4.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1528\"><p data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1528\"><strong data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1466\">Xiang Peng<\/strong> surged to <strong data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1485\">No.8<\/strong>, overtaking Slovenia\u2019s <strong data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1525\">Darko Jorgic<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1557\"><strong data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1555\">Men\u2019s Singles Top 10:<\/strong><\/p><ol data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1746\"><li data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1574\"><p data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1574\">Lin Shidong<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1591\"><p data-start=\"1578\" data-end=\"1591\">Wang Chuqin<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1614\"><p data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1614\">Tomokazu Harimoto<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1634\"><p data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1634\">Hugo Calderano<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1653\"><p 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We will provide you with the best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/product-category\/blade\/\">table tennis blades<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/product-category\/rubber\/\">rubbers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/product-category\/bats\/taiji-series\/\">bat<\/a>, and other products!<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf8a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bf8a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/q6.itc.cn\/images01\/20250819\/a64b68e32ca741969e53de4436c4235a.jpeg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29bef72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29bef72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1800\"><strong data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1800\">Doubles Rankings \u2013 Stable Before Sweden<\/strong><\/h3><p data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1892\">As the Yokohama Champions only featured singles, the doubles rankings remained unchanged:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"2042\"><li data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1944\"><p data-start=\"1895\" data-end=\"1944\"><strong data-start=\"1895\" data-end=\"1921\">Lin Shidong \/ Kuai Man<\/strong> (Mixed Doubles No.1)<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"1997\"><p data-start=\"1947\" data-end=\"1997\"><strong data-start=\"1947\" data-end=\"1972\">Wang Manyu \/ Kuai Man<\/strong> (Women\u2019s Doubles No.1)<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2042\"><p data-start=\"2000\" data-end=\"2042\"><strong data-start=\"2000\" data-end=\"2019\">Lebrun Brothers<\/strong> (Men\u2019s Doubles No.1)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2265\">However, the ongoing <strong data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2103\">WTT European Grand Smash in Sweden<\/strong> could reshape the rankings significantly. 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