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As I've posted 2 times already. ML's the most decorated. That's the most generous you'll have it from me. But GOAT? Greatest of his time at best.

I've seen that interview. But MLin is 8-3 up against Waldner. Ya, he lost in Athens but according to the logic held by many here, that shouldn't "tarnish" his greatness.

That's an interesting point. In 2013, Sina interviewed Waldner. When asked who he had the most difficulty playing and who he admired the most among all the players he's played, he answered... http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2013-09-27/16336803953.shtml Question: I would like to ask Lao Wa, among...

I didn't see any on Zhibo TV.

But WLQ has neither World Cup, nor Olympics singles titles. MLin could theoretically have competed with Waldner for the GOAT.

The important message here is that MLin stated that right before Rotterdam 2011 and so he could've used greatest of all time instead but he chose not to. Why?

Right, thank table tennis god WH retired before him so that he could win.

By that logic, how about Ma Lin's greatness? Ma Lin had this to say. http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2011-04-29/23165555906.shtml If I achieve the Grand Slam, then I'm definitely the Greatest of my time. That's undisputable.

From a news report on May 16 2011, http://sports.163.com/11/0516/00/744R28G600051CAQ.html In the MS of WTTC, Ma Long keeps running into setbacks. In Zagreb 2007, he became the first Chinese player to be eliminated after losing to Joo Sehyuk, and in Yokohama 2009 and Rotterdam this year, Ma...

The fact is ML was favorite to beat WH in 2011. WH was notoriously known as Fat Hao already. Even in the recent Chubby's interview, the interviewer asked this.

It's just like how people said ZJK didn't get past ML in 2011, when it was the latter who couldn't get past WH to reach the final.

Note I wrote "table tennis only event." Not multi-sport event.

The team and singles events were held together back then up until 1997. Waldner beat Jiang Jialiang in the team event for the very 1st time and that snowballed to the collapse of the Chinese team in the singles. Waldner was in the bottom half and Jiang Jialiang was in the top half. Yu...

This is where people don't understand. The very reason not one player was dominant back then was because all those players had what it took to claim major titles. It's called the European golden generation in China for this reason.

No, it's not that he keeps on winning and/or "could've, should've, would've". The fact is he didn't beat any former world champs to claim the title. That's why I quoted Waldner and Schlger saying how much it means to claim the world champ title from former holders. WTTC is not overrated as...

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http://en.people.cn/200504/25/eng20050425_182640.html What Chinese say about legendary Waldner Following is what Chinese coaches and players say about table tennis legend Jan-Ove Waldner of Sweden. Cai Zhenhua, China head coach: We had learnt a lot from Waldner's entry to the men's singles...

http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2005-05-03/16411540441.shtml Netizen: Mr. Schlager, in 2003, you eliminated Wang Liqin and Kong Linghui, those 2 matches left a deep impression on the Chinese. Especially when you were behind, you never gave up. Until now, what match is the most memorable, is it the...

TV ratings for WTTC in Japan for the week from 4/22-28. Occupying 6 of the top 10 for sports, with the WD final at the top. XD final 3rd, Niwa vs LJK 5th, Ito vs SYS 6th, WD SF 7th, Niwa vs Pucar 9th.

https://japantoday.com/category/features/is-japanese-tv-really-as-bad-as-its-reputation