well, the powers to be are not making use of these cases to make it educational
like WTT making it an "income generation" video clip (Ma Long example). they get tons of traffic and still don't come out to give an answer.
so if it is a mistake, would it be correct to acknowledge the mistake when challenged even after the match, or is it blocked off/walled off. The umpire ruling is final and no one has the right to ask for any explanation.
I would imagine referee or someone is keeping an eye on all tables.
remember, this is WTT we are talking about, there isn't too many tables playing in the same time.
From what I was told from one of the players in the video, the umpire fell asleep too.
Why doesn't the umpire call the match referee and excuse himself, but it should be the job of the players?
Yes players can do it, but both players didn't want to cause a scene and they thought "things will become better" as the umpire wakes up.
I wonder do umpires get alcohol test every morning?
so is the law of table tennis based on sideline also, and not just base line?
to me, the path of the ball is going into the table from the outside. We all know curve shots of possible, especially since the Chuang example, any type of curve is possible
yes, so it would be professional if ITTF or WTT level talks about it post match or post tournament.
silent should be the last resort.
yes, I know umpires are paid peanuts. so interesting where all the money goes
doesn't go into IT and doesn't go into umpire or IT for umpires lol
end of the day, the careers of professional athletes are in the fates of these lowly paid umpires. There doesn't seem to be any channel of explanation on disputes and players are taught to just forget and forgive.
and that to me is a big problem, because some times it could be career damaging by those 1 or 2 errors.
error could lead to loss of income for the player. would umpire error lead to lost of umpire income?
