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5/6/2009        

The winner of the Men Singles crown at the H.I.S. World Championships in Yokohama, China Wang Hao retains his no.1 spot on the Men World Rankings issued by the International Table Tennis Federation on Wednesday 6th May 2009.

At the final hurdle in Yokohama, Wang Hao overcame compatriot Wang Liqin, who remains at no. 5, after having defeated Ma Long, also of China, in the semi-finals. The latter progresses one step to no.2, changing places with national team colleague, Ma Lin, who now appears at no.3.
Ma Lin was beaten by Wang Liqin at the semi-final stage of the Men Singles event in Yokohama.

Remains the Same
Otherwise, the top seven places on the Men Ranking remain the same.

Germany Timo Boll, despite not being present at the H.I.S. World Championships, stays at no.4 with Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus at no.6 followed by China Chen Qi at no.7.

Korean Progresses
One rung below is Korea Joo Se Hyuk, he changes places with China Hao Shuai whilst Kalinikos Kreaga of Greece, also not on duty in Yokohama, now appears at no. 10; the player to exit the top 10 is Chinese Taipei

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Korean Progresses
One rung below is Korea Joo Se Hyuk, he changes places with China Hao Shuai whilst Kalinikos Kreaga of Greece, also not on duty in Yokohama, now appears at no. 10; the player to exit the top 10 is Chinese Taipei Chuang chih-Yuan. He drops to no.12.

Players to make the most progress are those who excelled in Yokohama.

Progress
Denmark Michael Maze who reached the quarter-finals is now at no.11, having previously been at no. 18 whilst Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov who departed proceedings one round earlier at he expense of Ma Long, is now at no.13. In April 2009, he occupied the no.17 berth.

Progress for Michael Maze and Dimitrij Ovtcharov and there is also for the trio of China Xu Xin, Panagiotis Gionis of Greece and Korea Kim Jung Hoon.

Highest Rankings
Kim Jung Hoon, the victor of both Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus and Zhag Chao of China in Yokohama, moves from no.52 to no.39 whilst Panagiotis Gionis is now at no.41 having previously been at no.50 and Xu Xin, formerly at no.54 is now at no.44.

It is for Michael Maze, Panagiotis Gionis and Xu Xin, there highest ever world rankings whilst for Dimitrij Ovtcharov it equals his best. He was at no.13 in October 2008.

Suffering
Progress but if certain players progress then others suffer; Germany Bastian Steger falls from no.39 to no.46, Japan Kan Yo from no.23 to no.30 and Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-Lung from no.36 to no.40.

Japanese Names
Meanwhile, in the Under 21 Men  World Rankings, Ma Long and Dimitrij Ovtcharov occupy the top two places with Japan Jun Mizutani changing places with Hong Kong Jiang Tianyi. Mizutani is now in third place.

A Japanese name in the top three of the Under 21 Men World Rankings and the same in the Under 18 Boys?list.

Kenta Matsudaira, who has progressed from no.101 to 60 on the Men's Rankings following his remarkable efforts in Yokohama, is at no.1 followed by Singapre

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Sourcing : ww.ittf.com

Cola

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