Sporting Digest: Table Tennis

CHEN XINHUA, the England No 1, has dropped two places to No 14 in the world rankings issued yesterday. Carl Prean, the 1993 English champion, retained his No 27 place. Lisa Lomas, the English champion, dropped five places to No 50 in the women's list.

LEADING WORLD RANKINGS: MEN: 1 J-M Saive (Bel); 2 J-O Waldner (Swe); 3 Ma Wenge (Ch); 4 Wang Tao (Ch); 5 Kim Taek Soo (S Kor); 6 Z Primorac (Croa); 7 J-P Gatien (Fr); 8 P Karlsson (Swe); 9 Li Gun Sang (N Kor); 10 A Grubba (Pol). WOMEN: 1 Deng Yaping (Ch); 2 Qiao Hong (Ch); 3 Gao Jun (Ch); 4 Chen Zihe (Ch); 5 Chai Po Wa (HK); 6 Chen Jing (Tai); 7 Li Bun Hui (N Kor); 8 Wang Chen (Ch); 9 Yu Sun Bok (N Kor); 10 Tang Weiyi (Ch).