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Wang Chuqin remains firmly in first place, but 19 others in the Top 25 shifted positions in a very active World Rankings update. Within the Top 5, Hugo Calderano has moved up one spot to number 2. He is now 175 points ahead of Lin Shidong, who slides to number 3. Tomokazu Harimoto and Truls Moregard have also swapped positions, with Harimoto now at 4 and Moregard at number 5.
Felix Lebrun retains his position at number 6, but Matsushima, Lin Yun-Ju and Xiang Peng have all moved up (now at 7, 8 and 9 respectively). Liang Jingkun drops three places to number 10. Benedikt Duda rises 3 positions to number 11, once again Germany’s highest-ranked player. Dan Qiu is 12, and Woojin, Alexis Lebrun, Jorgic, Gauzy, Lind, Jaehyun, Togami and Qihao round out the top 20. Kanak Jha is the top US player at number 23 – he is also the top player from North America, the second highest ranked player in this hemisphere, and the 10th highest non-Asian player in the rankings.
Rarely is there as much movement in the women’s rankings as in the men’s. Sun, Manyu and Xingtong have retained the top three positions (in the same order). Zhu Yuling from Macau is one spot higher than number 4. Kuai Man, Harimoto, Yidi, Chen Yi, Ito and Hayata complete the Top 10. The top European player is Sabine Winter. At number 15, Adriana Diaz from Puerto Rico is the top player in our hemisphere. Amy Wang is now the top-ranked player in the US at number 37 and is followed by Lily Zhang at number 42.
The next big event on the tour is the Singapore Smash in about 10 days. There are a lot of points at stake in Singapore, so expect even more changes to the rankings in a few weeks.
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