Finally we have a new world number #1 table tennis player and that is Wang Chuqin from China. Wang Chuqin has been moving around to the top of the ranking criterion for quite some time but China’s** Fan Zhendong** has been the biggest milestone for him to overcome to get the top rankings. Last year, we shared our views about Wang Chuqin in Most interesting table tennis players article. On 4th July 2023, Wang Chuqin finally became the new world number one table tennis player.

Almost 10 days to go for WTT Contender Goa 2023 and WTT has already announced the lineups for the action packed event. For Men’s side, everyone in top 10 players are already going to participate in WTT Contender Goa except Hugo Calderano. For Indian table tennis fans, this is a must see opportunity to witness stars of table tennis in action. The event will features more than USD 2,50,000 in prize money.

2022 has been an year of amazing table tennis action with so many WTT events and millions of dollars in prizes. Lots of players have made impact in 2022 with a series of championships wins and upsets. It seems like young players are now taking over the older generation with so many promising players in the top 10 list. Below are the top ranked players in 2022 -

WTT Star Contendar European Series, Budapest 2022 is now over. The event marked a new era of young table tennis players emerging from lots of countries.

WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022, Budapest Hungary BOK Hall, it’s the final day of this super WTT event. And what an amazing event this has been in every category. There has been lots of upsets and we already have the champions of Mixed Double’s Category.

Almost every 10 years, we see a new batch of players. Lots of excitement with a new era of players, new playing styles and some interesting techniques as well. There was a time when Chinese team stars like Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin retired and future of Chinese table tennis was handed over to the likes of Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fang Bo, Yan An etc and they changed the dominance of Chinese table tennis to a whole new level.

Wang Chuqin, 19 year old sensation from China just defeated Ma Long in R16 and Liang Jingkun in Quater Finals and will face World Rank 2 Fan Zhendong from China.

China’s Liang Jingkun defeated Japan’s Jun Mizutani in an epic battle after being 0-3 down. He won the game at 4-3. Another upset was done by China’s Wang Chuqin who defeated defending champion Ma Long 4-3, saving 2 match points in set 6.