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Victory over China’s Zhang Jike, the reigning World champion, at the quarter-final stage of the Men’s Singles event the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open in January, was a stunning result for Korea’s Joo Se Hyuk. It was a result that gave him a passage to the semi-finals where he beat Romania’s Adrian Crisan and then to the final where he extended Zhang Jike’s compatriot Ma Long, the full seven games distance before eventually having to acknowledge defeat.
The astounding victory and the eventually runners up spot are the major reasons why Joo Se Hyuk now enjoys his highest ever career World Ranking.
At Number Six
On the Men’s World Ranking list, issued by the International Table Tennis Federation on Wednesday 1st February 2012, Joo Se Hyuk appears at no.6, a climb of two places from his January status.
He changes places with the Chinese legend, Wang Liqin, who moves in the opposite direction from no.6 to no.8.
No Further Changes
Otherwise, there are no changes amongst elite.
Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Wang Hao occupy the top three respective places, with Germany’s Timo Boll at no.4, followed by Xu Xin at no.5 and Ma Lin at no.7; add Chen Qi to the equation at no.12 and China has no less than seven players amongst the leading male names.
Japan’s Jun Mizutani is at no.9 with Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov one place below and Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan at no.11.
Progress for Adrian Crisan and Chen Weixing
Progress for Joo Se Hyuk as a result of his performance in Hungary and also there is progress for those who excelled on the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour in the first month of the year.
Romania’s Adrian Crisan, who beat Austria’s Chen Weixing before losing to Joo Se Hyuk in Hungary, climbs ten places and is now at no.24; whilst despite defeat at the hands of the Romanian in Budapest, there is also progress for Chen Weixing. He moves from no.43 to no.33.
Returning to Position of a Decade Earlier
Similarly, Singapore’s Zhan Jian, who posted a notable win in Hungary over Korea’s Lee Jung Woo before losing to Ma Lin, makes progress; he climbs from no.60 to no.48.
It is a gradual return to a former status; a member of the Chinese National Team at the World Championships in Osaka in 2001, following the global meeting he occupied a top 40 place.
Source: http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=26794&Category=General&Competition_ID=&
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