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He is in an elite group of only a few non Chinese who have beat Ma Long on the world tour.
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Czech Open R32
4-1 over Kristian Karlsson
No. Ruwen Filus was the only one but he was knocked out by Ricardo Walther.Are there any choppers remaining?
Czech Open Saturday R8
D Ovtcharov and Liam Pitchford
Two top backhands
Any predictions
Czech Open R4 Results
Pitchford 1-4 Peifeng Zheng
It’s crazy that Zheng Peifeng isn’t in the top 20. It shows how flawed the ranking system is. We need a global system like chess where every official game in any federation counts in the ranking system.
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You can build one or use Ratings Central. In sports like table tennis, such rankings discourage participation in tour events.
Money can solve participation for the lower level players, but it doesn't for the top players who may cherry pick how often they play for personal reasons. It's part of the reason why the TT tour has participation requirements - money is important, but it isn't everything. See Roger Federer as an example, who is picking his events to protect his form. That's essentially what the CNT did under the old system. So did players like Boll.The funny thing is due to the high amount pf prizes, tennis has exactly the opposite problem, where injured players participate in the tour events to get the base money, and call it quits within the first set. I think money can solve the participation problem quite easily. But getting investments are not quite easy for table tennis.
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Money can solve participation for the lower level players, but it doesn't for the top players who may cherry pick how often they play for personal reasons. It's part of the reason why the TT tour has participation requirements - money is important, but it isn't everything. See Roger Federer as an example, who is picking his events to protect his form. That's essentially what the CNT did under the old system. So did players like Boll.
Under the new system, we have seen Boll play much more often except when he is legitimately injured. Ultimately, I know others may not care, but I prefer this and find it more important than the focus on the rankings reflecting true playing strength.
I agree with this completely! It's so much better to see the top players play regularly!