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.
***
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.
***
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.
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