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BeaverMD wrote:   I'm slightly surprised to see Lin Ju and Yang Zi, two world class players, get taken out in the QF.

Zhou Xin's win, yes, somewhat... Eugene Wang's, not really.

roundrobin wrote: BeaverMD wrote:   I'm slightly surprised to see Lin Ju and Yang Zi, two world class players, get taken out in the QF.     Zhou Xin's win, yes, somewhat... Eugene Wang's, not really.

Then you really haven't figured out the level of Zhou's play. Check put Zhou's history. He was the only one except for Zhen Wang to get to 7 games against Thomas Keinath at this year's US Open. Until 2008 Zhou was playing the Chinese Super League. One really needs to be a world class player to even get to play the Chinese Super League.

edit. posted by mistake.

Edited by ejmaster - 09/05/2011 at 11:38pm

right roundrobin. it was that one.how ungrateful you are. i am defending you. because someone is calling you the village idiot.

Takadigi wrote: Then you really haven't figured out the level of Zhou's play. Check put Zhou's history. He was the only one except for Zhen Wang to get to 7 games against Thomas Keinath at this year's US Open. Until 2008 Zhou was playing the Chinese Super League. One really needs to be a world class player to even get to play the Chinese Super League.

To be precise, he played in the Super League ONLY in 2008 and played just 3 singles matches, winning 1 and losing 2. In doubles with Liu Yang, he had 2 wins and 5 losses. In 2009 he played in the 1A league (the second division). So he obviously didn't quite make it in the Super League - which doesn't mean that he's not 2700 caliber. Not sure about "world class" though.

Ratings Central gives him wins over Rosskopf and Wosik in the Chinese second league in 2009, but that doesn't make sense because Rosskopf and Wosik never played in that league. Anyone know what that might refer to?

Is there a page where I can find the LA Open results? Any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks for all the video's frontosa! One Table Tennis a few page back some results are posted. I'd like to know if there is a full draw/diagram of the results as well. 

Another great match between Zhou Xin and Yang Zi - QF of Open Singles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyxqSp1z9ww&feature=player_embedded



Edited by ThaiLe - 09/07/2011 at 11:10am

Wang Zhen vs Shen Yan Fei - Semi 1 of Open Singles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEb6uyAT7KU&feature=player_embedded

Wang Zhen vs Zhou Xin - Final of Open Singles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FimgPMrANNw&feature=player_embedded

BeaverMD wrote: roundrobin wrote: Takadigi wrote: roundrobin wrote: BeaverMD wrote:   I'm slightly surprised to see Lin Ju and Yang Zi, two world class players, get taken out in the QF.     Zhou Xin's win, yes, somewhat... Eugene Wang's, not really. Then you really haven't figured out the level of Zhou's play. Check put Zhou's history. He was the only one except for Zhen Wang to get to 7 games against Thomas Keinath at this year's US Open. Until 2008 Zhou was playing the Chinese Super League. One really needs to be a world class player to even get to play the Chinese Super League. I know Zhou's level.  Yang Zi's level was significantly higher than his just a few years ago, and even at this moment he still is.   I was only going by world rankings.  Yang Zi at WR 60 and Lin Ju at WR 88 - I expected them to do better.  But I do understand that Eugene Wang is WR 143 and Zhou Xin being a 2700+ player from China with wins against Jorg Rosskopf and Cheng Yinghua, he's not someone to be taken lightly which is why I wrote "slightly surprised".

I have played Zhou Xin. His opening loop his very well placed at the perfect arc. He is a careful server and attempts to gain control of the point as soon as possible. He plays a smart and efficient game and is capable of a lot. Also, if you look at the match against Zhen Wang, Zhen struggles in the first game with Xin's slower spiny loops. They are very strange, almost like a penholder.Difficult to counter and block. Btw, he crushed me of course


Edited by Nori - 09/08/2011 at 9:51pm

Pushblocker has a couple videos posted on his youtube as well for those who hasn't seen.

fatt wrote: nice pic of pushblocker http://outpost81.com/la_open/pages/la_open_table_tennis_DSC04169.htm   BTW he is everywhere!!! I think trudell likes him.

Edited by Pushblocker - 09/11/2011 at 8:31pm

Robert Trudell wrote: Here are a few photos my friend Marek took at the 2011 LA Open http://outpost81.com/la_open_2011.htm (okay, they're a few weeks late) --Rob www.Outpost81.com

 ... and here are a few picture of the 2012 LA Open 

lol i really LMAO at some of the captions