China’s Li Xiaoxia the number two seed and Liu Shiwen, the number twelve seed both suffered unexpected defeats in the second round of the Women’s Singles event at the Volkswagen Open Korea in Daejeon on Friday 30th May 2008.
Li Xiaoxia was beaten in seven games by compatriot Fan Ying, whilst Liu Shiwen suffered in six games in opposition to Thailand’s Nanthana Komwong.
Liu Shiwen currently appears at no. 15 on the ITTF Women’s World Rankings whilst Li Xiaoxia is at no. 3; by comparison Fan Ying is ranked no. 33 and Nanthana Komwong no. 80.
Defeat for two star names but not for Guo Yue seeded one, Wang Nan seeded three and Guo Yan, seeded four; all enjoyed safe passages to round three.
Meanwhile, in the Men’s Singles event the most notable casualty was the host nation’s Oh Sang Eun; the defending champion, he was beaten in seven games in round two by Hong Kong’s Cheung Yuk.
On the May 2008 ITTF Men’s World Ranking list, Oh Sang Eun appears at no. 9 whilst Cheung Yuk is at no. 35.
However, for the top four seeded men, all from China there were no travails. Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and Ma Long all progressed without alarm.
Similarly in the doubles events the leading lights negotiated the opening round safely.
Top seeds in the Men’s Doubles competition, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin duly reached the quarter-finals as did second seeds Ma Lin and Ma Long, whilst in the Women’s Doubles event there was joy for the host nation.
Seeded one, Korea’s Kim Kyung Ah and Park Mi Young reached the round of the last eight pairs as did second seeds, Japan’s Ai Fukuhara and Sayaka Hirano.
fredag 30 maj 2008
News feed from ITTF
Elena Timina, the former Russian international now resident and playing in the Netherlands, was the player to raise the eyebrows on the opening day of play, Thursday 29th May 2008, at the Volkswagen Open Korea in Daejeon.
Playing in her typically determined manner, her defensive skills to the fore; she beat Chinese Taipei teenager, Cheng I-Ching before accounting for Hong Kong’s Sun Jin in a hard fought six games duel.
Sun Jin is the latest recruit to the ranks of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association; a former member of the Chinese national team she was a major force at international level between 1997 and 2000.
During that period, she reached the Women’s Singles final on nine occasions at open international tournaments on the ITTF Pro Tour, being crowned champion twice; whilst at the Sidney Olympic Games she was a silver medallist in the Women’s Doubles event. She partnered Yang Ying, the pair losing to colleagues Li Ju and Wang Nan in the final.
Defeat for Sun Jin but few problems for the highest world ranked players on duty in the qualification stage of the Women’s Singles event; Italy’s Wenling Tan Monfardini and Nikoleta Stefanova plus Thailand’s Nanthana Komwong and Li Jie of the Netherlands all emerged successful.
However, in the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event there was one casualty; Chinese Taipei’s Chang Yen-Shu, the third highest world ranked male player on duty, was beaten by Austrian teenager, Stefan Fegerl.
The young Austrian finished in first place in the group overcoming Kuwait’s Ibrahim Al-Hasan to confirm top spot.
Defeat for Chang Yen-Shu but no great problems for the two highest rated men.
China’s Xu Hui and Germany’s Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth both enjoyed success as did the fourth highest world ranked player, Lars Hielscher, also from Germany.
Playing in her typically determined manner, her defensive skills to the fore; she beat Chinese Taipei teenager, Cheng I-Ching before accounting for Hong Kong’s Sun Jin in a hard fought six games duel.
Sun Jin is the latest recruit to the ranks of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association; a former member of the Chinese national team she was a major force at international level between 1997 and 2000.
During that period, she reached the Women’s Singles final on nine occasions at open international tournaments on the ITTF Pro Tour, being crowned champion twice; whilst at the Sidney Olympic Games she was a silver medallist in the Women’s Doubles event. She partnered Yang Ying, the pair losing to colleagues Li Ju and Wang Nan in the final.
Defeat for Sun Jin but few problems for the highest world ranked players on duty in the qualification stage of the Women’s Singles event; Italy’s Wenling Tan Monfardini and Nikoleta Stefanova plus Thailand’s Nanthana Komwong and Li Jie of the Netherlands all emerged successful.
However, in the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event there was one casualty; Chinese Taipei’s Chang Yen-Shu, the third highest world ranked male player on duty, was beaten by Austrian teenager, Stefan Fegerl.
The young Austrian finished in first place in the group overcoming Kuwait’s Ibrahim Al-Hasan to confirm top spot.
Defeat for Chang Yen-Shu but no great problems for the two highest rated men.
China’s Xu Hui and Germany’s Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth both enjoyed success as did the fourth highest world ranked player, Lars Hielscher, also from Germany.
onsdag 28 maj 2008
Anger management
In this video you can see how Cem Zengs coach wants to go after Korbel. And this is after that Zeng has won. I wonder what would of happened if he lost..
söndag 25 maj 2008
News feed from ITTF
It was a perfect ending to proceedings for the host nation at the Belarus Open in Minsk on Sunday 25th May 2008; their leading male and female players struck gold.
Vladimir Samsonov, the number one seed, won the Men’s Singles title; whilst Viktoria Pavlovich, seeded two, captured the Women’s Singles crown.
At the final hurdle Vladimir Samsonov overcame China’s Xu Xin, the player against whom he had suffered defeat in the final of the team event; earlier he had ousted Turkey’s Zeng Cem in the quarters and Belarus compatriot Evgueni Chtchetinine in the semis.
It was the eighteenth Men’s Singles title of his career on the ITTF Pro Tour making an overall total of nineteen; in 1997 he won the Men’s Singles crown at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals.
Meanwhile, for Viktoria Pavlovich it was her first ever Women’s Singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour. She beat Linda Creemers of the Netherlands in the quarters, twin sister Veronika Pavlovich in the semis and Poland’s Yan Xiaoshan in the final.
It was Yan Xiaoshan who caused the major upset of the day beating Poland’s Li Qian, the number one seed, in the semi-finals; a player against who she lost in the semi-finals of the Women’s Team event.
However, Yan Xiaoshan almost failed to reach the semi-final stage; in the quarters she saved two match points in the vital seventh game against Russia’s seventeen year old Ekaterina Kolodyazhnaya before securing victory.
Men’s Singles
Semi-Finals
Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) bt Evgueni Chtchetinine (BLR) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
Xu Xin (CHN) bt Mikhail Paykov (RUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
Final
Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) bt Xu Xin (CHN) 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
Women’s Singles
Semi-Finals
Yan Xiaoshan (POL) bt Li Qian (POL) 11-5, 13-11, 11-2, 11-7
Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR bt Veronika Pavlovich (BLR) 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9
Final
Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR) bt Yan Xiaoshan (POL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
Vladimir Samsonov, the number one seed, won the Men’s Singles title; whilst Viktoria Pavlovich, seeded two, captured the Women’s Singles crown.
At the final hurdle Vladimir Samsonov overcame China’s Xu Xin, the player against whom he had suffered defeat in the final of the team event; earlier he had ousted Turkey’s Zeng Cem in the quarters and Belarus compatriot Evgueni Chtchetinine in the semis.
It was the eighteenth Men’s Singles title of his career on the ITTF Pro Tour making an overall total of nineteen; in 1997 he won the Men’s Singles crown at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals.
Meanwhile, for Viktoria Pavlovich it was her first ever Women’s Singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour. She beat Linda Creemers of the Netherlands in the quarters, twin sister Veronika Pavlovich in the semis and Poland’s Yan Xiaoshan in the final.
It was Yan Xiaoshan who caused the major upset of the day beating Poland’s Li Qian, the number one seed, in the semi-finals; a player against who she lost in the semi-finals of the Women’s Team event.
However, Yan Xiaoshan almost failed to reach the semi-final stage; in the quarters she saved two match points in the vital seventh game against Russia’s seventeen year old Ekaterina Kolodyazhnaya before securing victory.
Men’s Singles
Semi-Finals
Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) bt Evgueni Chtchetinine (BLR) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
Xu Xin (CHN) bt Mikhail Paykov (RUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
Final
Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) bt Xu Xin (CHN) 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
Women’s Singles
Semi-Finals
Yan Xiaoshan (POL) bt Li Qian (POL) 11-5, 13-11, 11-2, 11-7
Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR bt Veronika Pavlovich (BLR) 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9
Final
Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR) bt Yan Xiaoshan (POL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
As predicted
"I would be really suprised if Xu Xin wouldn't face Samsonov in the final even though both of them must win two matches each to get there".
Samsonov did meet Xu Xin and this time he hade his revenge, he won in a tight game with 4-1.
Both of them was in a class of their own and won all of their matches quite easy. The only player who could threaten them was "Merlin" Yingchao and he was beaten by Xu in the second round.
So another title to "The spiderman from Minsk"
Samsonov did meet Xu Xin and this time he hade his revenge, he won in a tight game with 4-1.
Both of them was in a class of their own and won all of their matches quite easy. The only player who could threaten them was "Merlin" Yingchao and he was beaten by Xu in the second round.
So another title to "The spiderman from Minsk"
Ma Lin is the winner
Ma Lin is the winner i Yokohama Japan.
In the semifinal he met his compatriot Wang Liqin and it was if not a walk in the park then something like that. 4-1 to Ma Lin
In the final he met the player ranked as number one in the world, Wang Hao. Wang Hao had before that won aginst yet another chinese guy, Ma Long, with 4-0.
The final was a open affair but Ma Lin won with 4-2.
11-9, 5-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-9, 11-6
This means that Ma Lin and Wang Hao has 16 wins each against each other. In recent years Ma Lin has won a little bit more but it's always hard between these two players.
lördag 24 maj 2008
News from Japan and belarus
China in a class of theire own.
Men’s Team Final
CHINA 3-0 CROATIA
Wang Hao v Tan Ruiwu
11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Ma Lin v Zoran Primorac
8-11, 11-5, 111-5, 11-5
Ma Lin/Wang Hao v Andrei Gacina/Tan Ruiwu
11-3, 11-4, 11-6
And they have 4 out of four places in the semifinals.
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In Belarus the chines "Third" team have already won the title but in the mens singles young Xu Xin who is unseeded won against his compatriot "Merlin" Yingchao. I would be really suprised if Xu Xin wouldn't face Samsonov in the final even though both of them must win two matches each to get there.
Cem Zheng from Turkey who beat Pär Gerell in the olympic qualifications haven't lost a game yet and that should tell some people how good he is. But now his up for ha challenge to great for him, Vladi Samsonov.
The chines guys are so good that it is scary. I just hope that they don't do like the swedish national team did a couple of years ago team and don't let the young ones get there chance. That would kill them like it did in the late nintees.
Men’s Team Final
CHINA 3-0 CROATIA
Wang Hao v Tan Ruiwu
11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Ma Lin v Zoran Primorac
8-11, 11-5, 111-5, 11-5
Ma Lin/Wang Hao v Andrei Gacina/Tan Ruiwu
11-3, 11-4, 11-6
And they have 4 out of four places in the semifinals.
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In Belarus the chines "Third" team have already won the title but in the mens singles young Xu Xin who is unseeded won against his compatriot "Merlin" Yingchao. I would be really suprised if Xu Xin wouldn't face Samsonov in the final even though both of them must win two matches each to get there.
Cem Zheng from Turkey who beat Pär Gerell in the olympic qualifications haven't lost a game yet and that should tell some people how good he is. But now his up for ha challenge to great for him, Vladi Samsonov.
The chines guys are so good that it is scary. I just hope that they don't do like the swedish national team did a couple of years ago team and don't let the young ones get there chance. That would kill them like it did in the late nintees.
fredag 23 maj 2008
News feed from ITTF
fAt the Asian General Zone Olympic Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong in March, Korea’s Dang Ye Seo caused the major upset of proceedings by beating China’s Wang Nan, the 2000 Olympic Games Women’s Singles champion and three times Women’s Singles World champion.
In Yokohama in the first round of the Women’s Singles event at the Volkswagen Open Japan on Friday 23rd May 2008, she repeated the feat; she beat Wang Nan, seeded four, in a tense seven games duel to book her place in the second round.
Wang Nan was one of four seeded players to fall in the opening round of the Women’s Singles event, the others being Li Jiao of the Netherlands, Hong Kong’s Lin Ling and Japan’s Sayaka Hirano. Li Jiao lost to Hungary’s Geogina Pota, Lin Ling suffered at the hands of China’s Cao Zhen, whilst Sayaka Hirano was beaten by Hong Kong’s Lau Sui Fei.
Defeat for Wang Nan but no such problems for her compatriots; top seed Zhang Yining defeated Romania’s Elizabeta Samara, second seed Guo Yue overcame Korea’s Lee Eun Hee and third seed Li Xiaoxia accounted for Germany’s Elke Wosik.
Meanwhile, in the first round of the Men’s Singles event it was a tale of two halves. Only one seed fell in the top half, that being Singapore’s Yang Zi who lost to Portugal’s João Monteiro but in the lower half of the draw it was a different story; four seeds departed.
Croatia’s Zoran Primorac lost to the rising Chinese star, Zhang Jike, Chinese Taipei’s Chuan Chih-Yuan was beaten by Hong Kong’s Leung Chu Yan whilst the Koreans, Ryu Seung Min and Oh Sang Eun both departed in virtual unison.
Leung Chu Yan’s colleague, Cheung Yuk, defeated Ryu Seung Min whilst Chinese Taipei’s Chiang Peng-Lung ended the hopes of Oh Sang Eun.
However, for the top four seeds in the Men’s Singles event, all from China, there were no great problems.
Top seed Wang Hao and second seed Ma Lin both defeated Japanese opponents in the respective guises of Kaii Yoshida and Masato Shiono, whilst third seed Wang Liqin beat Korea’s Yoon Jae Young and fourth seed Ma Long ended the aspirations of Hong Kong’s Jiang Tianyi.
In Yokohama in the first round of the Women’s Singles event at the Volkswagen Open Japan on Friday 23rd May 2008, she repeated the feat; she beat Wang Nan, seeded four, in a tense seven games duel to book her place in the second round.
Wang Nan was one of four seeded players to fall in the opening round of the Women’s Singles event, the others being Li Jiao of the Netherlands, Hong Kong’s Lin Ling and Japan’s Sayaka Hirano. Li Jiao lost to Hungary’s Geogina Pota, Lin Ling suffered at the hands of China’s Cao Zhen, whilst Sayaka Hirano was beaten by Hong Kong’s Lau Sui Fei.
Defeat for Wang Nan but no such problems for her compatriots; top seed Zhang Yining defeated Romania’s Elizabeta Samara, second seed Guo Yue overcame Korea’s Lee Eun Hee and third seed Li Xiaoxia accounted for Germany’s Elke Wosik.
Meanwhile, in the first round of the Men’s Singles event it was a tale of two halves. Only one seed fell in the top half, that being Singapore’s Yang Zi who lost to Portugal’s João Monteiro but in the lower half of the draw it was a different story; four seeds departed.
Croatia’s Zoran Primorac lost to the rising Chinese star, Zhang Jike, Chinese Taipei’s Chuan Chih-Yuan was beaten by Hong Kong’s Leung Chu Yan whilst the Koreans, Ryu Seung Min and Oh Sang Eun both departed in virtual unison.
Leung Chu Yan’s colleague, Cheung Yuk, defeated Ryu Seung Min whilst Chinese Taipei’s Chiang Peng-Lung ended the hopes of Oh Sang Eun.
However, for the top four seeds in the Men’s Singles event, all from China, there were no great problems.
Top seed Wang Hao and second seed Ma Lin both defeated Japanese opponents in the respective guises of Kaii Yoshida and Masato Shiono, whilst third seed Wang Liqin beat Korea’s Yoon Jae Young and fourth seed Ma Long ended the aspirations of Hong Kong’s Jiang Tianyi.
torsdag 22 maj 2008
Big in Japan
The swedish players in Yokohama didn't do very well. With one exception.
Axelqvist or as we call him in Sweden "Shoulder" lost his both matches. First he lots against Hoyama from Brazil over seven games. In the next match he faced Jiang from HKG and lost to him also. No shame for "shoulder" both opponents are very good players and Jiang is ranked much higher.
Jens Lundqvist surprisingly lost against Shiono from Japan in straight games. Shiono won the group after three wins. Lundqvist won two matches but he can't be happy not proceeding to the main competition.
Jon Persson was the exception. He won his group even though he lost against Keinath. But when he won against Wosik and Tokiyoshi (they play for the sam club in Sweden) he was the winner of the group because Wosik beat Keinath.
Pär Gerell couldn't repeat his fine performance from China. He lost against Takakiwa and was by that out of the competition.
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This means that Jörgen Persson and Jon Persson both will be playing in the main event. Jörgen playing Chen Qi and Jon will be facing Schlager from Austria.
Axelqvist or as we call him in Sweden "Shoulder" lost his both matches. First he lots against Hoyama from Brazil over seven games. In the next match he faced Jiang from HKG and lost to him also. No shame for "shoulder" both opponents are very good players and Jiang is ranked much higher.
Jens Lundqvist surprisingly lost against Shiono from Japan in straight games. Shiono won the group after three wins. Lundqvist won two matches but he can't be happy not proceeding to the main competition.
Jon Persson was the exception. He won his group even though he lost against Keinath. But when he won against Wosik and Tokiyoshi (they play for the sam club in Sweden) he was the winner of the group because Wosik beat Keinath.
Pär Gerell couldn't repeat his fine performance from China. He lost against Takakiwa and was by that out of the competition.
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This means that Jörgen Persson and Jon Persson both will be playing in the main event. Jörgen playing Chen Qi and Jon will be facing Schlager from Austria.
tisdag 20 maj 2008
A little more from Buda
In this video we see young danish star Sternberg against young serbian star Jevtovic in a deciding match.
måndag 19 maj 2008
Pär Gerell
The only european gut to proceed to the quarterfinals in Volkswagen open afte beating much higher ranked players such as Oh and Joo from Korea. Both of the koreans ranked in the top ten of the world.
Pär is hoping for a place in the Sweden team in the olympics and this result have improved the chances of going to Beijing.In the quarterfinals Pär met and lost against chines Ma Long over five games.
PG was quite happy for the quarterfinals but he knows he has to improve his game some to really threaten the chines top players.
In the quarterfinals it was 6 chines players and in the semifinals it was the top 4 from China. I think many players out there is hapy that China only can send three players to the olympics.
torsdag 15 maj 2008
Singles in Volkswagen Open
Axelqvist won in five sets over Cai from Singapore but then lost to the winner of the group Jung Sam Lee from Korea. Axelqvist won one game but was destroyed in the other games reaching six points at its most.
Jon Persson lost his two first games and will next be playing Reed from England to avoid the last spot in the group. Drinkhall och Evans lost all there matches and are out of the competition.
Per Gerell shows good form winning his first two games against Fegerl, AUT, and Kim, PRK. Next up Yen-sen Chang from Taipei, a very hard match for the swede competing for a place in the swedish olympic team.
Jon Persson lost his two first games and will next be playing Reed from England to avoid the last spot in the group. Drinkhall och Evans lost all there matches and are out of the competition.
Per Gerell shows good form winning his first two games against Fegerl, AUT, and Kim, PRK. Next up Yen-sen Chang from Taipei, a very hard match for the swede competing for a place in the swedish olympic team.
onsdag 14 maj 2008
Volkswagen open
A small upset!
In the mens team Chuan Chih-Yuan who didn't have a good qualification in Budapest beat Wang Liqin from China in straight sets! Still China was to strong and won the rest of the matches to close the game by 3-1.
In the quarterfinals Korea beat Sweden with 3-1. Jörgen Persson beat Oh Sang Eun with 3-1 after losing the first set and gave the swedes the lead that way. But the koreans where to strong and finished off in style by winning the remaining matches.
Hongkong beat Japan in a close game by 3-2 the same score as it was for Singapore against "Peoples" Republic of Korea.
MORE TO COME..
In the mens team Chuan Chih-Yuan who didn't have a good qualification in Budapest beat Wang Liqin from China in straight sets! Still China was to strong and won the rest of the matches to close the game by 3-1.
In the quarterfinals Korea beat Sweden with 3-1. Jörgen Persson beat Oh Sang Eun with 3-1 after losing the first set and gave the swedes the lead that way. But the koreans where to strong and finished off in style by winning the remaining matches.
Hongkong beat Japan in a close game by 3-2 the same score as it was for Singapore against "Peoples" Republic of Korea.
MORE TO COME..
Video from budapest
In this match we see Gudmundur Stephenson from Iceland play Sangausin from Thailand.
Gummi Stephensen will be playing in Gönnern in Bundesliga next season and he wasn't satisfied with the result. He felt he was out of practise and that he missed to many forehand drives.
See for yourself..
Gummi Stephensen will be playing in Gönnern in Bundesliga next season and he wasn't satisfied with the result. He felt he was out of practise and that he missed to many forehand drives.
See for yourself..
tisdag 13 maj 2008
Who is going to Beijing?
The answer after this weekends qualifications is that there are 16 players how played in Budapest that can book there ticket to Beijing. I’m going to tell you a little bit about some of the players who qualified.
I was in Budapest watching the qualifications and of course I got my own favourites.
One of them was Ahmed Al Saleh from Algeria. He started the tournament by winning his group in front of Spanish player Machado 13-11 in the deciding game. He later on beat Pazsy and Yang Min both in five games. This meaning that he was in the last sixteen and qualified for the Olympics. But in the next match he met Karakasevic and the 28 year old Egyptian wasn’t satisfied finishing in the last sixteen he wanted more. After six games he had more or less crushed Karakasevic and was now to meet Adrian Crisan in the quarterfinals. This time he didn’t have the luck on his side and he lost 15-13 in the deciding game after having five match points! A great tournament for this African player who has an excellent feeling for the game, a good serve and a great backhand.
Another favourite was Apolonia from Portugal; he is ranked as number 106 in the world. This young guy is playing in Jülich on the second table and won 6 games and lost 10. I don’t know if he is staying there but I’m sure he will perform better next season.
Apolonia started of with winning his group quite easy over Tomasi, Italy, and Sanguasin, Thailand only leaving them one game together.
He then crushed Pavelka 4-0 after an impressive performance. He pushed the ball far out in Pavelkas forehand and then quite easily winning the point directly or after just a few times over the net. Apolonia really played well on defence and Pavelka didn’t stand a chance. Pavelka suffered a bit from a sour leg but he wasn’t even close so I don’t think he would of won anyway.
Alfredo Carneros from Spain qualified for the last 16 by winning over Chang in a very tight game. Before that he beat Tugwell from Denmark and English young gun Drinkhall. Carneros wins his games by fighting and never giving up, a great quality for a tt-player. I really think he is worth his place in the Olympics. He has really earned it more then most.
I was in Budapest watching the qualifications and of course I got my own favourites.
One of them was Ahmed Al Saleh from Algeria. He started the tournament by winning his group in front of Spanish player Machado 13-11 in the deciding game. He later on beat Pazsy and Yang Min both in five games. This meaning that he was in the last sixteen and qualified for the Olympics. But in the next match he met Karakasevic and the 28 year old Egyptian wasn’t satisfied finishing in the last sixteen he wanted more. After six games he had more or less crushed Karakasevic and was now to meet Adrian Crisan in the quarterfinals. This time he didn’t have the luck on his side and he lost 15-13 in the deciding game after having five match points! A great tournament for this African player who has an excellent feeling for the game, a good serve and a great backhand.
Another favourite was Apolonia from Portugal; he is ranked as number 106 in the world. This young guy is playing in Jülich on the second table and won 6 games and lost 10. I don’t know if he is staying there but I’m sure he will perform better next season.Apolonia started of with winning his group quite easy over Tomasi, Italy, and Sanguasin, Thailand only leaving them one game together.He then crushed Pavelka 4-0 after an impressive performance. He pushed the ball far out in Pavelkas forehand and then quite easily winning the point directly or after just a few times over the net. Apolonia really played well on defence and Pavelka didn’t stand a chance. Pavelka suffered a bit from a sour leg but he wasn’t even close so I don’t think he would of won anyway.Alfredo Carneros from Spain qualified for the last 16 by winning over Chang in a very tight game. Before that he beat Tugwell from Denmark and English young gun Drinkhall. Carneros wins his games by fighting and never giving up, a great quality for a tt-player. I really think he is worth his place in the Olympics. He has really earned it more then most.
More from Budapest later..
lördag 10 maj 2008
Monday
On monday it will come a text about the qualifications i Budapest.
I will publish videos and interviews with players and my own thoughts.
Until then just feel it...
I will publish videos and interviews with players and my own thoughts.
Until then just feel it...
tisdag 6 maj 2008
Congrats
Niederösterreich won the second match also against Charleroi. this time the final result was 3-2 to Austrians. This time in front of 4000 belgians cheering for Charleroi.
Vladimir Samsonov how played his last match for the Belgians won both his games and is now leaving for Spain and Cajagranada. The best way to say goodbye even if his great play this day didn't pay off for the team.
The winners of 2007/2008 years CL is Niederöstereich and the players who did it was:
The winners of 2007/2008 years CL is Niederöstereich and the players who did it was:
Werner Schlager, 12-3
Ryu Seung Min, 9-4
Chen Weixing, 8-2
Kan
Habesohn
Ryu after winning against Smirnov and making Niederösterreich champions for clubteams in Europe
CL
Niederösterreich won the first match by 3-0
Tonight they travel to Belgium and Spiroudome to play Charleroi for a crowded arena.
The Austrians need only one win to secure the title but nothing is finished until "the fat lady sings". One win.. its not much but they still have to win it.
I think I have the solution for the Belgians, and that is to change places for the players in the line-up.
Tonight they travel to Belgium and Spiroudome to play Charleroi for a crowded arena.
The Austrians need only one win to secure the title but nothing is finished until "the fat lady sings". One win.. its not much but they still have to win it.
I think I have the solution for the Belgians, and that is to change places for the players in the line-up.
- Saive
- Samsonov
- Smirnov
If the Belgians play like this and the Austrians play the same way they did last time we will se Samsonov play Ryu and even though it is a very tough contest, the spider man från Minsk will be the favourite.
Smirnov will have a better chance of winning against Chen then Saive has. That leaves the match between Saive and Schlager and what better player is to have in the deciding match. You want and need a fighter and no one can tell me that Saive isn't able to defeat Schlager in a deciding game for the CL-title.
Why this change you ask yourself?
The Belgians lost the first game 3-0 and have to in 3-0 at home so they have to do something different even though they only lost by a very small margin. Two of the matches were decided in the fifth set.
Watch the live results here. Just watch the top right hand corner for the LSS button to push. Enjoy!
söndag 4 maj 2008
Non-Friction pimples
From the 1/7-08 it will be forbidden to play with non-friction long pimples in international tournaments in most cases it will be forbidden national as well there are a few countries that will allow it for a while longer.
What do you think about this new rule? Is it a rule that will improve the game or not?
Among the top players internationally it’s not so many players who use these kind of rubbers personally I only know of 2 Fabian Åkerström SWE and Amelie Solja GER I probably forget someone but those 2 are the best.
Among the top players internationally it’s not so many players who use these kind of rubbers personally I only know of 2 Fabian Åkerström SWE and Amelie Solja GER I probably forget someone but those 2 are the best.
But what will happen with all the players that just play for fun who use these rubbers? What will they play with instead?
Can someone tell me why they forbid these kinds of rubbers?
My personal thinking in that question is that it is because of economical reasons, the big companies in table tennis want to sell normal pimples instead, they have lost a lot of money the last 5 years cause of the non friction pimples.
I hope you readers will tell me what you think about this.
fredag 2 maj 2008
CL
Tonight at 20.15 CET it's time for the first final between Niederösterreisch, Austria, and Charleroi, Belgium.
Charleroi and Niederosterreich have met each other three times before in the finals of CL and every time the belgians have won. Charleroi have five titles compared with Niederösterreich who have lost five finals before this one.
So history tells us that Charleroi will win this game. But it's never that easy to predict a close match like this.
Charlerois line up will probably be theire three aces:
Samsonov, 14-1, #4
Saive, 8-1, #8
Smirnov, 7-2, #28
Niederosterreich will give us the following line up:
Schlager, 10-3, #16
Ryu Seung Min, 7-3, #8
Chen Weixing, 6-1, #31
You can get live results from the final at http://www.ecl-ettu.com/
I think it will be a very close contest who wins but if Samsonov is in form and plays as well as he been doing this year Charleroi will be very hard to beat. But I do remember that Schlager recently beat Samsonov in the European top 12 contest in the finals.
I think Niederösterreich will win the first leg by 3-2 against Charleroi. But if Saive plays as second player and not third I think Charleroi will have a better chance to win.
Charleroi and Niederosterreich have met each other three times before in the finals of CL and every time the belgians have won. Charleroi have five titles compared with Niederösterreich who have lost five finals before this one.
So history tells us that Charleroi will win this game. But it's never that easy to predict a close match like this.
Charlerois line up will probably be theire three aces:
Samsonov, 14-1, #4
Saive, 8-1, #8
Smirnov, 7-2, #28
Niederosterreich will give us the following line up:
Schlager, 10-3, #16
Ryu Seung Min, 7-3, #8
Chen Weixing, 6-1, #31
You can get live results from the final at http://www.ecl-ettu.com/
I think it will be a very close contest who wins but if Samsonov is in form and plays as well as he been doing this year Charleroi will be very hard to beat. But I do remember that Schlager recently beat Samsonov in the European top 12 contest in the finals.
I think Niederösterreich will win the first leg by 3-2 against Charleroi. But if Saive plays as second player and not third I think Charleroi will have a better chance to win.
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