The women's world 8 ball has existed for just two years. It's borderline meaningless. Even the Women's World 10ball is pretty new. I hope, and believe, that these events will build a great tradition over time.
It's funny how Han Yu is always omitted from GOAT discussions. If you look at the years in which she and Siming Chen were both active (basically the 2010s.), Han Yu won more of the top majors than Siming. There is no question that the three most important titles in women's pool in the 2010s were, in order, the World 9ball, the China Open, and the All-Japan.
World 9ball Titles: Han Yu 3, Siming Chen 1
China Open titles: Han Yu 3, Siming Chen 3 (Han Yu has since added a fourth)
All-Japan titles: Siming Chen 2, Han Yu 1
Hence, Han Yu won seven super-majors to Siming Chen's 6 in the years in which they both played. More importantly, Han Yu won three World 9ball titles to Siming's 1. It was a great rivalry, second only to Karen Corr vs Allison Fisher in the lore of women's pool, but the uninformed think that Siming had the better of the rivalry. It just isn't true. Han Yu found the finish line at least as often, actually slightly more often.
Like Chezka, Siming was the most talented player of her day, but talent and performance are two different matters.
As for the match I'd like to see, I'd rather see a long race between 2019 Siming Chen and 2019 Han Yu, neither of whom ever ran the table as well as Centeno.
Centeno is, by far, the most talented pool player today. She is almost certainly the best runout player the woman's game has ever seen, but she is tactically very limited and it's why she doesn't win as often as she might. Still, there are three times as many world championships today as in the days of Jean Balukas, Allison Fisher, and prime Siming Chen and prime Han Yu. All of them had a higher win rate at the game's most prestigious events than Chezka.
Chezka's talent is way above her title count, and true greatness is measured in titles, not by the eye test. If she played tactically like a Karen Corr, Chezka would be producing a title count that would eventually exceed both Allison Fisher and Jean Balukas, but she's 27, and hasn't progressed in this area in recent years.
And yes it makes me feel considerably better whatever you like to call it.
I lost 9 games in league and dropped to 595. My robustness is over 3K. Ended up not entering singles anyways but the exercise was an eye opener. I'm just reporting what's possible, don't shoot the messenger.
