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They bring solid points without deferring to the fact that things evolve. The ITTF will have to make changes over time in response to the details of the new system.

Lol. They pick the last 8 best results so it had nothing to do with losing his spot. Do better.

Yeah. Gasp. She actually has to play regularly to maintain her international ranking. What a shame... Maybe more people should have been in America in 2016 to see what the withdrawals of CNT did to the event. Maybe they will appreciate how I feel a tad bit more. This change may not...

You are confusing the difference between being #1 and #2 with the difference between being #1 and #7. With the old system Ma Long only had to regain bonus points and he kept his rating. Now he has to play and win many events. He can no longer maintain high ranking in a cherry picked schedule...

Entirely reasonable and graceful. There are many events in the year, all you are required to play is 8 to have a full ranking. Only a few Japanese players play every event. At least he played the World Tour Finals, where was Ma Long?

Ad hominem is a part of life when understanding why people do what they do and when making value judgements about situations where values are at stake not just numbers. If I was saying people are wrong because they want Ma Long to be #1, that is one thing. But saying that people are motivated...

I think this is likely true as well though I am not sure why you consider "foreigner" an appropriate word. But performance would have had Dima at least top 3. His 2017 performance was stellar. It rivals that of Xu Xin in some of his good years. The other thing to realize is that the changes...

Yeah and he is unlikely to be #1 for a while now so you can be patient. Watch some old WTTC videos of the final.

It happens in just about every sport. It even happens in regular tournaments when the round robin stage has an upset.

Sure it is. But some players boost and prefer the thinner sponge so they don't go over the limit. In any case your bad experience so far is limited. You can decide to change rubber or decide it was one bad experience and try again. This is life. If your experience was common, many players...

If Ma Long and Fan Zhendong had not protested at China Open and they didn't have to deal with National Games etc., this could very well have happened. But because of that and a few other things, we have the current situation. And by the rules, Dima is #1. And if you look at the top 10, it is...

TTGuru, could you please provide some commentary on why the rating points for the second place vs first place and semi finals vs second place etc, are so much closer together than they are in say, Tennis? It does seem to over reward participation.

People could also miss event because of injury too - wouldn't that be ironic? I can't wait until it rains in Southern California so we can all bask in the irony... Timo Boll played a full schedule for the first time in many years... that is really ironic...

I embolden that part because falling in love with the best aspects of your game at a certain level make it hard to get better. It's better to take risks with your game and be open to the fact that how you play in 6 months time may involve shots that you don't have now and that some of the shots...

But no one said the purpose of ranking is for seeding. It is one purpose of ranking but not the only one. Sometimes, ranking just measures performance in certain events over a period.

No major sport or tour does it this way for the obvious reason that it devalues the tour. When someone can remain inactive for a year and still maintain their seeding/ranking, it has its own issues as well. There is no reason he can't be asked to earn back his ranking. Even in prior years...

Yes, I Was wondering when this would come up. The ITTF tour has to undergo major changes to support this new ranking system and the ranking system may need to be tweaked with time as well.

It should be tied to recent player performance in the ranking system. Djokovic may or may not be a top 10 player but since he has not played, he doesn't deserve the ranking. Ding Ning has not played enough to deserve the ranking.

The people complaining don't want to give the new ranking a chance. I am not complaining - I don't believe ranking should necessarily tie to player strength.

Because using their points for seeding makes the loss of ranking inconsequential.