Despite latest defeats and problems with the new ball used in international competition, China's Ping pong celebrities are still the world's top fraction, said German Timo Boll "We managed to close the gap a little bit, but they still rule Ping pong," the German number two and past first of world positions said in a new Xinhua interview "When it comes to technique, athleticism, and rate they're the very best," the three times World Champion commented Despite latest beats of Chinese top-ranked actors at the World Cup, Boll does not see that a change of guards "that I wouldn't speak about a change of guards
The German number two is that the only one over 35 years among the top ten in the current world rankings. Turning 37 at March 2018 the fan of the soccer sides Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt is reportedly in his golden years German national coach Joerg Rosskopf expects Boll to continue at a high degree until 2020 and beyond. "He doesn't have to think about retirement. He is an exceptionally gifted player, which permits him to play at such a high level since over ten decades," the former German international said Boll confirmed to play with until 2020. "When I remain healthy, I've got a few more years to go. I still love this game," that the Hessen-born athlete said Boll stated he would retire "if you can hardly train or attend competitions without feeling any pain." Boll said he's undergoing regular medical tests every two weeks and is maintaining training and contest efforts in balance China's issues to some extent could be caused by the new type of ball used in international competition. "The new ball is allowing less spin which makes it a lot easier to return. I call the new ball less harmful. You merely have better control over ball and game," Boll highlighted He's changed his game to gain more points through tactical selection and setting the ball more precisely.
The new type of chunk makes it easier for him to return and that leads to greater assurance when returning a hard support Boll is convinced China's top players are the favorites of the 2018 team World Cup "They will develop something special for the World Championships and get back to an intense training effort. But clearly the Japanese, and we are the largest competitions for China
Boll said that Olympic Champion and World Champion Ma Long in his view is that the World's best player narrowly followed by Fan Zhendong "Ma Long was the strongest player during the last 3 to 4 years. He's hard to beat because of his special game style," the German worried after beating Ma Long recently. "But because of his age, things get harder even for him. He has to commit a lot and can not be at 100% in every match. As an opponent, you need to try to take advantage of that."
Experience and his age give him the chance to face challenges with much more easiness as in his early years as stress and expectation were much higher Boll stressed Boll said Fan Zhendong Isn't much behind Ma Long. "He's more or less in precisely the same level and over the three to four (players) following. China still has two top players and three to four behind within a complete world-class degree," he added To have attended several aggressive tournaments is one of the reasons for the present achievement of Ovtcharov and him "It's energy shooting at times, but we get also. We were pushed into a high degree," Boll emphasized and said it would give German Ping pong a motivation boost to shortly see Ovtcharov since the World's number one at the ranks "He would receive the reward for a great deal of good tournaments and due to this new position system in operation from January 2018 on he's got the opportunity to accomplish the very best," he remarked Boll announced he would shortly launch an online training website (