Man vs Woman in TT - 100 WMR = 1 WWR ?

This is really fun and interesting, but I think KillerSpin is the right place for this type of event. ITTF shouldn't host cross-gender singles events. I don't think it happens in other sports too, like tennis or badminton. Also it would mess up the world rankings . But again, it is really nice and interesting to watch world top players from different genders competing against each other.

Since this is in a not that big championship, I think Lucjan made this possible. I think if it had been WTTC on the same day, at the same time, Blaszczyk would win this match

I don't think so, you can the that the polish don't want to lose .... for men it is even worse to lose to women, so much more pressure on men's side
but I think that the top chinese players can competer in Top 50 in Men World Ranking. They have a modern topspin style, they are agile and sometimes I think they are faster in small steps
Btw Zhang Yining did not only win against Lucjan, also against Hao Shuai!

Killerspin matches are fixed. They are not real matches. So we do not know what would really happen.

Bollforte94 said:

I don't think so, you can the that the polish don't want to lose .... for men it is even worse to lose to women, so much more pressure on men's side
but I think that the top chinese players can competer in Top 50 in Men World Ranking. They have a modern topspin style, they are agile and sometimes I think they are faster in small steps
Btw Zhang Yining did not only win against Lucjan, also against Hao Shuai!

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I agree... Awesome! Is there a video of Zhang beating Hao §huai?

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nice game..

Well I also think that they would in fact beat her without a real problems..
Its not that bad to lose to a girl when it is nothing at stake..
I also think that he would play much different if there was something to win

I think because men have more power with their loop and its spinnier women would have a hard time timing the ball because of its high speeds

I remember seeing a video of Alexei Smirnov against a female player, Japanese I believe. She won in 7 games and you can tell by the way they were playing it definitely wasn't fixed. I can't find the video now though.

I think women make up for their lack of power with excellent blocking. I reckon the top women could beat guys outside the top 20 if they're not on their game.

thats not bad at all

As the chinese national team trained in WSA before WTTC 2011 Ding Ning beat Wang Liqin with her special serves, Ding Ning's serves has more spin than most of the top ranked men's service
Women have a better sensitivity

In australia Miao Miao pushed Simon Gerada to the 7th set in the PingSkills Classic! They are similarly ranked in mens and womens in Australia but this result can happen, I think it is no surprise that female players can compete with males, males just aren't used to the difference in style

PingPongPom said:

males just aren't used to the difference in style

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females aren't used to the men style too!

Well.. I admit I have lost to many female players.. some have amazing flexibility and quickness.. Most amazing is tho they lack in power they are fast quick in their movement!
But its a different story in international TT games.. top 100 men might beat top 100 women anytime.. but still it would be interesting to watch tho..

I would love to see Lundqvist against Ding Ning
I think it would be very closely
What do u think?

Ian said:

I remember seeing a video of Alexei Smirnov against a female player, Japanese I believe. She won in 7 games and you can tell by the way they were playing it definitely wasn't fixed. I can't find the video now though.

I think women make up for their lack of power with excellent blocking. I reckon the top women could beat guys outside the top 20 if they're not on their game.

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I agree. I think at that level anything really can happen. Who did Ma Lin just lose to in Harmony? I also know I have beaten players who are ranked way higher than me and lost to players I have no business losing to.

The reflexes of women always amaze me, and Zhang Yining is no joke. She is pretty sensational. But, the Killer Spin matches are set up the way they are for a reason and I do think there is a positive side to the way they fix matches. The rallies are very interesting and fun to watch. They make it more enjoyable to a novice who is not used to what you see when the top pros are playing to win and trying to end each point as fast as possible.

One thing I notice with this match, many of the points do end fairly quickly as though they are playing for real. There is none of that showboating where someone jumps over the barricade and is lobbing from the back or the side. But, they are putting a lot of their short game shots quite high so they are easy to attack. They are both doing it, but Lucjan Błaszczyk is doing it to more of an extent than Zhang Yining is. Also, a great percentage of Lucjan's loops look slow and high, easy to handle.

No matter what, Zhang Yining is a great player who, I am sure has the potential, when she is really tournament ready, to take matches from many of the top men.