Young European prospects

Basquests wrote: manwithabigmission wrote: Interestingly enough Sweden's biggest talent right now is not Moregard, but a girl named Siri Benjegard that is 10-years-old. Sure it's too early to say anything at that age and she's not Harimoto level of talent, but she's winning against most of her 3-5-year-older opponents in tournaments. IMO It's hard enough to assess levels of talent between men and women, and this is a man and a 10 year old girl.

manwithabigmission wrote: Since 2019 IMPLIED 2019. His last was WJC 2019. Can you read yourself???. Don't act all high and mighty online. Would I mean 2018 when I wrote 2019?

Gotta quote this one for future generations. By your definition, the ITTF didn't exist in 1926 and the WTTC didn't exist in 1926. Montagu must be rolling in his grave. You're hilarious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Table_Tennis_Federation

The ITTF is responsible for the organization of numerous international competitions, including the World Table Tennis Championships that has continued since 1926.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Table_Tennis_Championships

The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957.

Seriously? No one uses "since 2019" like that and then claim "since 2019 implied 2019" when the WJTTC 2019 was in late November. Anyone with a right mind would have used "since 2020", or better yet, "It's been 2 years since he last played in a junior event".

And as my first post stated, he signed up for World Youth Championships 2021. Thank table tennis god he withdrew.

zeio wrote: manwithabigmission wrote: Since 2019 IMPLIED 2019. His last was WJC 2019. Can you read yourself???. Don't act all high and mighty online. Would I mean 2018 when I wrote 2019? Gotta quote this one for future generations. By your definition, the ITTF didn't exist in 1926 and the WTTC didn't exist in 1926. Montagu must be rolling in his grave. You're hilarious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Table_Tennis_Federation The ITTF is responsible for the organization of numerous international competitions, including the World Table Tennis Championships that has continued since 1926. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Table_Tennis_Championships The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957.

That might have been an oversight by me, but I am not sure I needed to get attacked for it. I will think about it in the future.

DonnOlsen wrote: manwithabigmission wrote: Interestingly enough Sweden's biggest talent right now is not Moregard, but a girl named Siri Benjegard that is 10-years-old. Sure it's too early to say anything at that age and she's not Harimoto level of talent, but she's winning against most of her 3-5-year-older opponents in tournaments. https://www.nordic.tv/tv/final-girls-13-single-2021-siri-benjegard-vs-gabriela-aaltonen_887e9f1aa.html

In case folks feel I have something against European players, do check out my thread on European players and the impression(borderline superstition) of European players peaking later than their Asian counterparts.

I mean we've become too lenient with European players "peaking later" now when they're already in their mid-20s without achieving enough. I wrote that if Pitchford were to crack top 10, then he had to do it in 2019. He didn't and he's stuck now.

2021 Week #1 - 15 PITCHFORD Liam ENG 7768
2021 Week #48 - 14 PITCHFORD Liam ENG 5499

OTOH, Calderano is 25 and he's moved up to 4th in the world in the latest(Week #48) ranking. That's why I wrote "Forget the other ones over 20. They should be competing against the world's best by now and looking ready to replace "Ovtcharov, Franziska, Gauzy, Falck, Pitchford, Freitas, etc."

These two have been in the top 10 for years now.
5 Harimoto, born Jun 27, 2003
7 LYJ, born Aug 17, 2001

These three should've been in the top 20 by now.
28 Jha, born Jun 19, 2000(like Calderano, not a European but he spends most of his time in Europe now)
31 Moregard, born Feb 16, 2002
93 Pletea, born May 28, 2000

zeio wrote: In case folks feel I have something against European players, do check out my thread on European players and the impression(borderline superstition) of European players peaking later than their Asian counterparts. I mean we've become too lenient with European players "peaking later" now when they're already in their mid-20s without achieving enough. I wrote that if Pitchford were to crack top 10, then he had to do it in 2019. He didn't and he's stuck now. 2021 Week #1 - 15 PITCHFORD Liam ENG 7768 2021 Week #48 - 14 PITCHFORD Liam ENG 5499 OTOH, Calderano is 25 and he's moved up to 4th in the world in the latest(Week #48) ranking. That's why I wrote "Forget the other ones over 20. They should be competing against the world's best by now and looking ready to replace "Ovtcharov, Franziska, Gauzy, Falck, Pitchford, Freitas, etc." These two have been in the top 10 for years now. 5 Harimoto, born Jun 27, 2003 7 LYJ, born Aug 17, 2001 These three should've been in the top 20 by now. 28 Jha, born Jun 19, 2000(like Calderano, not a European but he spends most of his time in Europe now) 31 Moregard, born Feb 16, 2002 93 Pletea, born May 28, 2000

zeio wrote: Of the YOG 2018 generation, Jha and Pletea are falling behind, and CDS is catching up.