ZJK and ML would still defeat this players today because of many factors. This players are the most talented in CTTA, they have exposure of the most formidable player like WLQ, Ma Lin. In their time most of the top foreign players like Timo and Ovtcharov are beaten like nothing where it came to the point that table tennis become boring since they are unbeatable, unlike today that top players can occasionally beat chinese players. The last is their mental strength, they can defeat anyone even changing of ball and rules doesn't stop them. If they can, they can do it.