GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour, China Open,23 May

didn't realize Feng Tianwei got knocked out by Pavlovic,  top Women's players, outside the Chinese, are all weak against defenders

about to lose the 2nd set too!

lol, you chating to yourself.

ZApenholder wrote: lol, you chating to yourself.

do you think Ma Lin can come back from 1-3 down 7-9 down?

9-9! And Ma Lin has 2 serves!

outrageous flick from Ma Lin + a heavy disguised side-top serve sealed the game! Will we be witnessing a great comeback?


Edited by blahness - 05/26/2012 at 2:21am

Poor Ma lin; he´s just a mummy nowadays.  I really believe he should retire as soon as possible. There´s nothing of that former Olimpic champion on him  IMO, he has seasoned much worse than WLQ and any other CT member players.

but both ZJK and Ma Long squeezed victories out of hard matches...

Edited by jonyer1980 - 05/26/2012 at 2:39am

I hope that they will keep encountering more tough matches! Its always good for the game when new faces start showing up

even though Koki Niwa lost, he did give Ma Long a run for his money. im really impressed by the Japanese and Korean youngsters in general. new threat to CNT?

vutiendat1337 wrote: even though Koki Niwa lost, he did give Ma Long a run for his money. im really impressed by the Japanese and Korean youngsters in general. new threat to CNT?

I think they always been threats to the Chinese Mens and Womens

Maybe Japanese men players disappeared for a few years, but now they are back on the scene.
What I think is so important is that they are still so young, and possibly still haven't even reach close to they peaks yet.

Japan and Korea also has good TT development system.

Now we just need more countries to come through, if there is maybe 7 countries that can challenge China, that means any quarter final winner can win the tournement.

Koki does two things that give Ma trouble - play left-handed and play close to the table.  Mz Long likes to wind up and Koki can take that time away.  Koki's block away from Ma wasn't working as well at it did the last time.

Vutiendat,

If you want to compare like that, then no non Chinese player can really be allowed to be in this comparison table.
Not even Timo Boll (as per your RSM - where he pushes WH to 6 or 7 games so many times).....

Guess I was just generalising, that Japan and Korea are there, but not just with 1 player, but a few players that can give Chinese a run for they money. And if not today, atleast this system that is in place (for past 20 years) can cause trouble in the long run.
It is a pity that Sweden has faded away, and Germany didn't produce a second Timo, Dima still has a bit more to progress. I know there are some youngster coming up, but non that is threatening as a 18/19 year old.

So imagine in Europe you have Sweden/Germany, Asia you have Japan/Korea and China's B teams of HK/SG, and maybe one or two more can be added in the future to really challenge CNT.
I think then the games will be much more exciting to win (and more pressure for the CNT players)




Edited by ZApenholder - 05/26/2012 at 7:06am

even though the likes of Chinese player that still win, but the games are getting closer, and the game/set wins are 2 points or just a few more.

Where a few years ago, it used to be a lot of 11-5 type of wins