Top non-Asian men's player of the future?

[Tricon7]

Who do you think in, say, three years time will be the top-ranked non-Asian men's player? I don't see any dark horses in the pack who may suddenly rise to the top, so I'm saying probably Dimitrij Ovtcharov. I think Boll and Samsonov will still be in the top 20, but not the top 10. Perhaps Baum may make it,also. I wish Sweden had someone who could eventually challenge the top fivehttp://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=107028&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1&, but the current top man there is WR #57.

 

[Alborz]

Probably only Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Timo boll will stay in top 10 in the next 3 years and Veladimir Samsonov will be out of top 20.

 

[ttestonia]

Ovthcharov and Simon Gauzy is very good frenchman!!

 

[Steven]

Ovtcharov will be Europe's best player for a while. To me Baum's technique and gameplay just doesn't seem good enough to beat the top-Asians.
Top of the younger players would be Franziska, Gauzy and Pitchford who all have potential but they're still far from the top 10.

 

[rferdianto]

Only Dima and Boll still in the top 10, Samsonov out even from top 20 then Franziska and Gauzy still needs some huge efforts to compete with the top Asian level players.