The 2010 Asia-Europe Allstars, 1st Leg

what??  where have you been??  it finished an hour ago!!

Also, I hope there will be a video topic as soon as possible  

Asia   VS   Europe 1 : 4

Joo Se Hyuk VS Werner Schlager           3:2

Cheung Yuk VS Dimitrij Ovtcharov          0:3

Wang Liqin VS Michael Maze                  2:3

MIZUTANI Jun VS Vladimir Samsonov      2:3

Yang Zi VS Jorgen Persson                     2:3

WLQ's loss would affect his chance of making the team going Moscow.

shaolinTT wrote: WLQ's loss would affect his chance of making the team going Moscow.

Indeed, a loss to a non-chinese doesn't help him at all to get into the team...

Here's the best point of the match between Maze and Wang:

ttCrawsaive wrote: Here's the best point of the match between Maze and Wang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCj4ynb9W_M

Interesting... I hear "Thock thock thock thock" same noise from both rackets. I guess Maze's Chinese coach taught him the Chinese style...of tuning.

Maze's "Chinese coach" hasn't been living in China for at least a couple of years (could be much longer). He had been living in Sweden before becoming Maze's coach.

ttCrawsaive wrote: Here the last points from Maze vs. Wang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEQl36rAIzA

lol, Maze hiding his last serves and getting the easy point. Just stick yer arm out there for a change from the usual cupped hand sideways toss...

No Joo match yet :(( Does anyone know if we can watch all the matches some where online  Like cctv or somewhere...

rustyfo wrote: Maze's "Chinese coach" hasn't been living in China for at least a couple of years (could be much longer). He had been living in Sweden before becoming Maze's coach.

never went back home on vacation either???? 

Guys, do you think Joo is more vulnerable against fast attack from both wings ? I think Schlager applied the tactics quite well at the beginning part, Joo didn't have much chance. So generally, choppers are easier to be beaten by players who can loop well both wings? Do you guys think so? Because the choppers will have less time to react and it seems to me, backhand loop is a bit harder to chop!?

Dima Ovtcharov - Cheung Yuk

http://sports.cntv.cn/20100413/106608.shtml

Vladimir Samsonov - Jun Mizutani

http://sports.cntv.cn/20100414/100039.shtml

Michael Maze - Wang Liqin

http://sports.cntv.cn/20100413/106746.shtml

TBS9x wrote: Guys, do you think Joo is more vulnerable against fast attack from both wings ? I think Schlager applied the tactics quite well at the beginning part, Joo didn't have much chance. So generally, choppers are easier to be beaten by players who can loop well both wings? Do you guys think so? Because the choppers will have less time to react and it seems to me, backhand loop is a bit harder to chop!?

Schlager has perhaps the best backhand loop against backspin of anyone since he plays and practices with Chen Weixing so much. He routinely will just sit there and backhand loop all of his chops.

Schlager = tactical genius.

It can never be a bad thing to have all the options against a defensive player, or anyone for that matter, harder to get into a groove for a defensive player though when you can't rely on him doing the same thing, forehand push or loop, over and over.

JimT wrote: Enjoy! Hopefully someone will rip those and post videos on MU.

Samsonov Mizutani
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=37IZP9MH

Maze WlQ
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RIMT70TI

Ovtcharov Cheung Yuk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A0XNFFAV

Joo Schlager
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4DOFFT6

(First 2 files have mismatched description on MU,but file names are o.k.)