Greatest Feminine Desk Tennis Participant of All Time • Racket Perception

Girls’s desk tennis is extremely entertaining.

It has all kinds of enjoying kinds, with many extra defenders than the boys’s sport. As years handed, some gamers stood above the remaining as a result of their achievements.

A terrific curiosity is that a lot of the greatest feminine gamers in historical past (the entire gamers on this record) got here have come from China’s total domination of table tennis.

We’ve gone via the historical past books and compiled an inventory of the high 5 feminine desk tennis gamers of all time, every with their very own dominant strategies and techniques.

5) Ding Ning

We’ll begin off this record with the Queen, Ding Ning. Having retired this 12 months to pursue a grasp’s diploma in bodily schooling, she’s the final feminine participant ever to realize the “Desk Tennis Grand Slam” (she has gained the Olympics in 2016, the World cup 3 instances, and the World Desk Tennis Championship 3 instances as effectively).

And all her success was as a result of her proactivity. Ding Ning hates to dam. You’ll at all times see her attempting to assault earlier than her opponents, and if she loses the initiative, she’ll attempt to counter each assault thrown at her. She’s extremely reactive and light-weight on her toes, but in addition remarkably highly effective, possessing a potent forehand loop and a handy guide a rough backhand stroke that she makes use of to strain her opponents.

4) Qiao Hong

At quantity 4, we’ve got a really skillful offensive participant. She was inducted into the ITTF corridor of fame in 2005, and it’s simple to grasp why. She boasts a complete of 6 gold medals throughout the Olympics and the World cup, and when paired with Deng Yaping as a doubles couple, they have been nearly unbeatable, probably the greatest feminine doubles partnership of all time. 

Her playstyle was versatile and feel-based, she had an wonderful contact on the ball and nice shot IQ. She might open with spin, then strain with sturdy drives on each wings. When attacked, she would attempt to block, then counter the subsequent ball, as her sport was primarily based totally on consistency, this fashion, she minimized unforced errors. She thrived at high-speed exchanges and was extra of a rally participant than a third ball attacker.

3) Zhang Yining

The quantity 3 spot goes to my favourite participant on this record: Zhang Yining.

Zhang Yining has had a tremendous profession, and he or she is probably the participant who dominated their period the toughest, as she was ranked number one for six years in a row, besides for 2 months in 2008.

She gained 4 Olympic gold medals, ten World Championships and 4 World Cups.

I say that she is my favourite participant on this record due to her elegant type of play. Zhang is a backhand dominant participant who can’t appear to overlook the desk.

She was probably the most dominant participant of her period as a result of nobody might get photographs previous her, and when she attacked, noone might cope with her loops.

Her type is kind of just like Waldner’s, in a way. Zhang Yining had a devastating energetic block, a loop over the bounce that gave her opponents little or no time to react, and immaculate placement.

Her backhand aspect was automated. She would take photographs over the bounce, put them the place she needed and he or she’d by no means miss.

A curiosity about this participant is that she retired in 2009 at solely 29 years outdated, in the most effective years of her profession. This made her one of many few gamers in historical past to retire holding each the World Cup and Olympic titles for singles and crew occasions in desk tennis.

2) Wang Nan

A really clear backhand dominant participant, Wang Nan favored to take her photographs over the bounce earlier than they reached their most peak.

Her sport plan was to get into the rally and strain her opponent with blistering quick backhand punches and explosive loops, with wonderful management and placement. She would stand close to the center of the desk, the place she would dominate and ship bullets to each a part of the opponent’s half, giving them little or no time to react and forcing them on the again foot. 

This clever and efficient means of enjoying the sport led to her success, over her 11-year enjoying profession, she achieved the Grand Slam, the second feminine participant to take action.

1) Deng Yaping

The one lengthy pimples participant on this record and the most effective feminine desk tennis participant ever is Deng Yaping. 

Standing at 1.50 meters tall, she was initially deemed too brief to play on the nationwide crew, however ultimately, the coaches promoted her, and years later, she grew to become the GOAT feminine participant. She was wonderful on each wings, executing a wide range of totally different strokes effortlessly. She most popular to take her photographs over the bounce, be it highly effective hits on her forehand, or a mix of chop-blocks, blocks, and hits, along with her lengthy pimples. She would dominate along with her pips, creating alternatives for assaults, after which she pivoted and hit along with her forehand, and virtually by no means missed. This oppressive playstyle led to her changing into a two-time Olympic singles champion.

Alvaro’s been enjoying Desk Tennis since he was 15 and is now ranked throughout the high 100 in his native Argentina. He likes to compete in provincial tournaments and is at all times searching for methods to enhance. Alvaro made his favorite reminiscences with a racket in hand, and he joined the RacketInsight crew to share his ardour with different gamers!

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