by Ian Marshall, Editor
Both Bernadette Szocs and Miyu Kato climb five places; Bernadette Szocs appears at no.19, Miyu Kato at no.20.
Progress for Miyu Kato, there is also progress for colleague, Kasumi Ishikawa, she advances one position to no.3, being ahead of the Chinese trio of Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen. It is a drop of one place for Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, for Liu Shiwen it is a fall of three places.
Next in line at no.7 is Mima Ito, who changes places with Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching. Miu Hirano, like Mima Ito from Japan, followed by China’s Chen Xingtong, Singapore’s Feng Tianwei and the Korea Republic’s Suh Hyowon retain their places and thus once again complete the top 12 names.
A drop down the order for Liu Shiwen, for Austria’s Liu Jia, Germany’s Sabine Winter and Australia’s Jian Fang Lay, amongst the top one hundred names, they are the players to experience the most significant falls. Liu Jia descends from no.32 to no.47, Sabine Winter from no.47 to no.61 and Jian Fang Lay from no.51 to no.70.
Conversely there is notable progress for Stéphanie Loeuillette of France and Monaco’s Yan Xiaoxin; Stéphanie Loeuillette climbs from no.106 to no.92, Yang Xiaxin from no.91 to no.80.
Latest World Rankings: Thursday 1st November 2018