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Wait Tom is top 20 in the UK? I've always been curious bout his actual level but I looked at Table Tennis England's ranking and didn't find his name.Matilda does have an USATT rating and it is around 2500ish based on one match, one tournament. Looking at her playing, she is about 2300-2400 right now. There is true assessment of her rating.
However, if you look at Tom (the Frog) being top 20 in England/UK and the Beast (supposedly the best male junior player from Netherland), then their USATT rating should be close to 2500-2600. Don't forget top juniors in the Europe really should be right there in the top 20 of their country.
So the outcome really is not surprising except that either the beast did get nervous or the beast just threw up the last two games.
I don't see a big difference between the playing levels of the Frog and the Beast. Either could be #1 for the team event.
On another note, the Founder is #3 on that team. His USATT rating appears to be around 2200-2300 now. It probably used to be 2100. I believe he played Adam Bobrow whose USATT rating is about 2100-2200. The founder lost by the narrowest margin. It looks like the founder's back injury (or other types of sport injury) he had in the past is subsizing. I am so happy for the fonder. With him back to working on his game, 2200-2300 seems reasonable, especially is backhand.
All in all, in the US, any player above 2000 is a great player. And their playing level will fluctuate based on how much they practice. But once you are above 2000, if you can keep up that level pretty easily. However if you do not practice, you can easily drop from 2500m to 2300 level. Or drop from 2300 to 2100 level. But you can still beat the crap out of players under 2000 even in that scenario
