不過很多人認為, the 2nd and 3rd champions, 李富榮 was better than 老莊. China asked 李富榮 to let 老莊 to win.
I kindly agreed with this since I used to read a book about this. I remember the final score in the 3rd champion. 老莊 won 3:2. But, the score was very close when 老莊 won a set and the score was not close when 老莊 lost.
Xiong