2012 ITTF World Tour Koltsovo Russia Open (VIDEOS)

(ms-qf) XU Xin - YAN An [Full Match|Short Form]

janus700 wrote: (ms-qf) XU Xin - YAN An [Full Match|Short Form] Direct link :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da-WpotS3iw

Thanks Janus. Yan An has a nice style, two winged all-rounder, very quick on his feet, doesn't play this super-safe game you see with some players, will be fun to follow him. Quite compact forehand swings there. Almost looks like a Japanese player with more power.

Edited by Anderni - 09/15/2012 at 3:39pm

My new favorite female player is Yana Noshkova.

NextLevel wrote: ttc537dp wrote: Lan wrote: Zhou Yu defeated Joo See Hyuk in superleague so yuto mustn't be a massive obstacle Zhou Yu destroy Yuto in the 1st set. Great to see another left hander in the Chinese ranks.  Is it just me or do the Chinese loopers treat choppers as if they are the dirt underneath fingernails?

The next few generations of chinese are gonna feature A LOTTTTTT of lefties

cmetsbeltran15 wrote: NextLevel wrote: ttc537dp wrote: Lan wrote: Zhou Yu defeated Joo See Hyuk in superleague so yuto mustn't be a massive obstacle Zhou Yu destroy Yuto in the 1st set. Great to see another left hander in the Chinese ranks.  Is it just me or do the Chinese loopers treat choppers as if they are the dirt underneath fingernails? The next few generations of chinese are gonna feature A LOTTTTTT of lefties

liXiao wrote: cmetsbeltran15 wrote: NextLevel wrote: ttc537dp wrote: Lan wrote: Zhou Yu defeated Joo See Hyuk in superleague so yuto mustn't be a massive obstacle Zhou Yu destroy Yuto in the 1st set. Great to see another left hander in the Chinese ranks.  Is it just me or do the Chinese loopers treat choppers as if they are the dirt underneath fingernails? The next few generations of chinese are gonna feature A LOTTTTTT of lefties Shang Kun and Song Hongyuan will also be up there. The last generation had Hao Shuai and Chen Qi, but hopefully they will be met with more success.

Lin Gaoyuan, Cheng Jingqi, Yu Ziyang in the mix as well

Fang Bo-Kirill Skachkov:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0CxIZz-PI

Zhou Yu-Mikhail Paykov:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huXSsnPiiN0&feature=youtu.be

bozbrisvegas wrote: Xu Xin wins!  But more credit should go to the man came close to a major upset.

Edited by mikepong - 09/16/2012 at 9:21am

(ms-sf) XU Xin - FANG Bo [FULL/Short Form]

xu xin won. 

Xu Xin-Zhou Yu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2sM47KJuWs

janus700 wrote: (ms-final) XU Xin - ZHOU Yu [Full Match|Short Form] Direct link :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV1qefNNUkQ

Anyway good job again made by Janus by providing full match/short form for people who want to watch all points. Thanks

vutiendat1337 wrote: mikepong wrote: bozbrisvegas wrote: Xu Xin wins!  But more credit should go to the man came close to a major upset. yes that was close it seemed to me Xu Xin messed around too much for his own good rather than Zhou Yu being a threat or anything.....

Zhou also missed shots that he could have made so I think it goes both ways.  It took Zhou two games to realize that he had to play to a level he probably had never played to, but as it got winnable, his poise was remarkable.  I'm sure if Zhou and Xu had hit before the match for 2 hours, the result would have been a bit different and not necessarily in Xu's favor because Xu is more familiar with shakehanders that Zhou is with RPB.

zhou sidespin loop is really devastating. Look how far he comes over the ball when he puts it away, Xu xin usually has no problem returning loops from far away but zhou yu's sidespin loops were dynamite. I thought Fang Bo was the future but if Zhou steps up his backhand to be more consistent and less wristy, I think we have a zhang jike with a better forehand