Billiards" latest ranking shock! Zhang Yuzhen soared to 8th place, Lin Yunru clung to 5th place

South Korea's first brother Zhang Yuzhen reversed the German star Frangiska and won the men's singles championship of Montpellier Championship.

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Taipei Report] South Korea's No. 1 brother Zhang Yuzhen overcame a 1:3 deficit in the men's singles final of the 2026 WTT Montpellier Championship early this morning, and finally reversed the German player Franziska 4:3 and won the championship of his career. The first championship winner has risen from 10th to 8th in the world rankings announced today, tying his career best. Taiwanese brother Lin Yunru is firmly ranked 6th, only 35 points behind the fifth-placed Swedish "Hexagonal Warrior" Moregard, and may overtake at any time.

Zhang Yuzhen overcame a 7:10 deficit in the decisive game in the top 16 of the Men's Singles at Montpellier. After scoring 5 points in a row to reverse Lin Yunru, she defeated Liang Jingkun, who had returned from injury, and Brazilian stars Cardrano and Frangisca. She won the championship in a thrilling manner, scoring a career-high 1,000 points and rising two places in the rankings.

The top three in the men's group are still Matsushima Terukong, F. Leblanc and Harimoto Tomokazu. Moregard, who won the Montpellier Championship last year, switched rankings with Wang Chuqin after the points expired, falling from 4th to 5th. With a total of 5630 points, he is only 35 points ahead of Lin Yunru. Cardrano is still ranked 7th, A. LeBron and Lin Shidong were squeezed to 9th and 10th respectively, and Franziska, the runner-up in Montpellier, rose from 18th to 15th.

In terms of Taiwan generals, Feng Yixin and Guo Guanhong are still ranked 31st and 32nd, and Zhang Youan has risen slightly to 94th.

Ranking of the women's group, the top three are Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, Zhang Benzhi and Wen Fengdong. Kuaiman was reversed by Sun Yingsha 1:4 in the women's singles final of the Montpellier Championship, but still collected 700 points, ranking the same as Wang Yi Di Swap rose from 5th to 4th, Hina Hayata and Chen Xingtong were still ranked 6th and 7th. Chen Yi broke into the top 4 at Montpellier Station, swapping rankings with Hitomi Sato, rising slightly from 9th to 8th, and Zhu Yuling ranked 10th.

In the Taiwanese female generals section, the first sister Zheng Yijing dropped one place to 34th, Peng Yuhan was still 36th, Huang Yuxiang was 47th, Ye Yitian was 49th, Jian Tongjuan was 53rd, Li Yucheng was 55th, and Cai Yun'en was 87th.