What else is needed to beat the Chinese?

 

How do you beat the Chinese? You mean how does one nation become genuinely competetive with the Chinese? The answer is not found in short games, serves, forehands, back hands and so on. That is looking at the problem incorrectly. The answer as to how you beat the Chinese is simple. You have a better national infastructure for the sport than the Chinese. Of course the implementation of that would be brutally hard.

 

Lixiao while I don't disagree with your argument, I have to counter it.

 

first, kenta being very close to ma lin was a very impressive sight. I dont know exactly how old he is, but he did well. But when you watch that match, you still see in every aspect who the better player is. Everyone has come close to beating everyone.. but the thing is that that doesn't mean much. But in this case, you have more of a point because kenta is so young. My argument is much stronger when someone is supporting a seasoned pro versus a seasoned pro. I dont know where Mizutani was at kenta's age, so for me its a "we'll have to wait and find out" moment. I heard someone say that the japanese kind of round off after 16.. but i have no validity to provide for that comment.

 

I do have a good opinion on your comment about Yoshida Kaii. I firstly have to say that watching the kaii hao match, kaii impressed me with his fighting spirit very much.. and every time i watched him make amazing shot after amazing shot.. my jaw dropped. But the thing is, wang hao always had a better shot to answer with. There are times in that match where i thought kaii was unstoppable with a shot, and then wang hao would expertly put it back in a way that seemed even more impossible. The thing about what you said is that, while the chinese never did anything for him and he had to make a name for himself in japan.. the reasoning is very strong. Yoshida Kaii didn't get anything out of china simply because he just isn't good enough. He isn't, nor has he ever been, up to a chinese national team level of play. I'm sure there are plenty of players in china that are the same level of play as yoshida kaii that we will never hear of. But that is because China has a much higher standard of playing skill than anywhere else in the world. Their nobodies can be any other countries top player or hero. The difference is that Yoshida decided to go do that for himself anyway, and as a result became a top pro because of experience he gained and the dedication he had. But realistically, like i have already said, the chinese probably have a line of players that are equal in skill as yoshida kaii is. The thing is that none of them are internationally ranked. Idk what rank he is.. lets say 30 as an example. Yoshida Kaii is WR 30, but I would put money on the fact that he is not close to the 30 best players in the world. There are many unranked players around, mostly in china im sure, that could probably sway the top 100 WR list.. and maybe you might find an all chinese top 10 after these nobodies can get exposure.