Aussies Rocket Up World Rankings

On the back of Australia’s extraordinary results at the 2022 ITTF-Oceania Championships, a host of Aussies have surged up the World Rankings, with the latest rankings released by ITTF. Congratulations to the following athletes:

• Nicholas Lum: WR 42 in Men’s, WR 5 in Under 19 Boys’ and WR 1 in Under 17 Boys’. This is the first time an Australian has ever reached number 1 in the world in any able-bodied age group.
• Yangzi Liu: WR 31 in Women’s.
• Chris Yan: WR 55 in Men’s.
• Min Hyung Jee: WR 60 in Women’s.
• Xavier Dixon: WR 92 in Men’s.
• Jian Fang Lay: WR 80 in Women’s.
• Alex Lee: WR 102 in Men’s.
• Tracy Feng: WR 105 in Women’s.
• Finn Luu: WR 139 in Men’s and WR 38 in Under 19 Boys’.
• Melissa Tapper: WR 163 in Women’s.
• Connie Psihogios: WR 22 in Under 15 Girls’.

Full ITTF World Rankings can be viewed by clicking here: https://www.ittf.com/rankings/

Congratulations to all athletes on their current World Rankings. This demonstrates that TTA’s athlete pathways and player development initiatives, combined with a commitment to competing at international events as much as possible is paying dividends. It also shows that if athletes are willing to put in the hard work and consistently push themselves to go to the next level, outstanding results can be achieved.

TTA looks forward to having more athletes push into the upper echelons of the World Rankings in the future.

Congratulations once again to all athletes.