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One can actually debate, despite Timo's obvious ability, whether he would do as well without the seeding he gets from his ranking if he had to play tougher players earlier almost every time he had to enter a tournament.

I think this is where ITTF needs to think through working with the leagues to make this work. That said, growing the Pro Tour which is the visible international product should also be in the League's interests.

I think that rewarding particpation is an important goal if building a professional tour is the goal.

You didn't say the ball was short, but yes, you can loop inside the table. It all depends on how high the ball is and what kind of stroke you want to play. As long as you practice, you van do almost anything you want.

Not necessarily. He has combined the roles of "Men's coach" and "National coach". He can simply give up the "MEn's coach" and retain "national coach".

Get a friend to serve to you and practice. IT will solve your problems much faster and better than any explanation you will read on the internet if you have good looping technique.

Someone told me that Timo has been injured for a long time and has always played injured, it's one of the hidden secrets of table tennis and a fact of life for many athletes, the degree it affects his play just changes based on how it affects his practice. In the end though, I think getting...

This doesn't have to be the case. It all depends on what the rankings are designed to do. There can be a rating system like the current one and a ranking system like the one ittf wants to implement. There are benefits to both. For a whole, Wozniacki was #1 in the later part of the last...

I think so. Tennis has a lot more money in it though, which is part of the reason why it works well. You have to be active to win points, but there is enough money to support travelling and large draws. At grand slams, players now get paid enough to cover their trip if they get eliminated in...

I think the bias towards the young is good for our sport.

A World class server told me something very different. And what he said was more in line with my general experience. But you are right of course - good serves are good serves and can give good players problems. I am not saying that one should never serve long or that one should not throw in...

http://www.jtta.or.jp/Portals/0/images/player/ranking/ITTF_World%20Ranking_2018.pdf

They want to go to a tennis system where you have to play on the tour to get ranking points. The consequences will be interesting. Very different from the current system where you have a rating which goes up and down with match play but stays the same if you don't play tournaments.

This is an interesting set of statements, since 1) fandom is not only about winning per se 2) ML does have crazy fans, and had them despite not having won any majors even 7 years ago 3) Both ML and WH are legends. 4) WH lost to a foreigner in the finals, which explains the likely exaggerated...

BTW, I have beaten many players who are faster, train more and are healthier than I am. I sometimes beat them simply because I have better serves, other times because I read spin better. Table tennis is more complicated than you are pointing out, though I know many people that like to make...

IMO, serving long on match point should generally be avoided. But I an understand the seduction but as you face better players, they show you why pretty quickly.

But I thought you said Waldner was the GOAT. You didn't speak about eras or split players into eras. Or are you now saying that Waldner was the greatest of his era?

I don't know why one should get hyped about a serve when you have no clue what the receiver is seeing.

Then Viktor Barna is the greatest player of all time because he has more titles. End of discussion.

This is all your opinion. It's like the people who say that Bill Russell is the greatest ever because he has 11 NBA championships. Times have changed and if you want to use criteria from the stone age to evaluate the current landscape, sure. Many people considered Ma Long the best player in...