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For men and women to play against each other in the same tournament, what should the standard handicap be? My guess is 5.
For men and women to play against each other in the same tournament, what should the standard handicap be? My guess is 5.
In Germany you can't compare womens' and mens' ratings. Women have zero chance against a male player with approximately the same rating. I don't think the "men vs women" comparison in sports makes sense at all. It is nonsense for most of the sports in general, not only for table tennis.
I mean their rating, like I have said. 1900 TTR against each other, woman won't stand a chance.A woman with a 1900 TTR will have no chance against a man with a TTR of 1900? Is that what you mean? Or did you mean their RANKING? rather than their rating?
Even women playing in Bundesliga with a TTR of 2200 can struggle against men with a TTR below 2000. Maybe the difference between men and women gets bigger the higher the level gets as table tennis gets more physical there. But even in amateur classes you can't compare the two sexes. If there are tournaments with both in one draw the women usually will participate in the class with men one or two leagues below them. And they still can't win.Depends where you are. In my area, the TTR ratings are definitely comparable.
I was talking about men and women with equal ratings against each other. Not woman vs man with a few hundred points less. It only makes sense to compare the best female player to one of the best male players and not to a random pips player. Moreover, rumors say that the male players there had to imitate styles of female players to prepare the female CNT players for OG.We've seen the result of men vs women matches. Ding Ning defeated Yan Sheng, Li Xiaoxia defeated Ren Hao, Ariel Hsing defeated Jimmy Butler, Jiaqi Zheng defeated Timothy Wang. Women play a different style than men and unless the male player is willing to make adjustments for it he will most likely be defeated.
I was talking about men and women with equal ratings against each other. Not woman vs man with a few hundred points less. It only makes sense to compare the best female player to one of the best male players and not to a random pips player. Moreover, rumors say that the male players there had to imitate styles of female players to prepare the female CNT players for OG.
Comparing male and female players with equal rating does not make sense at all!
Depends where you are. In my area, the TTR ratings are definitely comparable.
For men and women to play against each other in the same tournament, what should the standard handicap be? My guess is 5.
...because TT is so much more about skill and technique and so much less about force and power, the top women are closer to the top men in TT than in any other sport I can think of... I think the top woman can play even with men with a world ranking around 100.