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LOL .... you cracked me up NL ...
OP ... lets just say Kreanga has a unique backhand and chooses to use it because his forehand is not that powerful at that level ....
now coming back to backhand ... and similar to how "Ma Long is the greatest player" because of the obvious reasons I mentioned in my first post , the greatest backhand is from FZD .... ZJK has more variety and confidence because obviously he has practiced it a few thousand hours more but FZD is the first player who has successfully married the close to the table , off the bounce backhand with the other ones ... mid distance or far from the table .... with ZJK you see that because the master that he is he can execute his close to the table technique even from a little far but Obtcharov was able to go a little back and overpower him with his strong mid distance backhands ...
I mean - it's taking a lot away from Kreanga to say that his forehand isn't that powerful when he has a world championship bronze medal to his name
I think all the players mentioned in this thread are great in their own way, as well as many who haven't been mentioned it's an interesting discussion and it's nice to hear everyone's different point of view on the topic.
It will be interesting to see how the road goes in the few years time - whether FZD lives up to all the hype and etches his name onto the list of grand slam winners/greatest players or if a new challenger emerges