These are the official World Ranking of both male and female table tennis players form Sept 2008:

Women Top 10:

1. ZHANG Yining CHN
2. GUO Yue CHN
3. LI Xiaoxia CHN
4. WANG Nan CHN
5. GUO Yan CHN
6. LI Jia Wei SIN
7. WANG Yue Gu SIN
8. JIANG Huajun HKG
9. FENG Tianwei SIN
10. TIE Yana HKG

Men Top 10

1. WANG Hao CHN
2. MA Lin CHN
3. MA Long CHN
4. WANG Liqin CHN
5. SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR
6. CHEN Qi CHN
7. BOLL Timo GER
8. RYU Seung Min KOR
9. JOO Se Hyuk KOR
10. OH Sang Eun KOR

Yining Zhang has been number 1 since January 2003 and shows no signs of slowing. The same can be said for Hao Wang who from October will have held the male number 1 title for one year. Two bright stars to watch out for are Long Ma and Yue Guo both from China. They have been working hard the last year perfecting their game and now show signs of extraordinary talent.