Timothy Wang losing to a 2300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Ui8hNhA94

this is definitely from a tournament match, round of 16 at California State Open

Incredible.

Is Jafar MD, Shuja's backhand rubber, a LP rubber?

Edited by skip3119 - 12/09/2013 at 3:52pm

Reason?
Jafar is good....thats it.
He's a lp player. A very good one.

puppy412 wrote: even ma long could lose against me one day.

kyle90 wrote: My initial post might have come off the wrong way. I'm very impressed by Shuja's play, and have a lot of respect for him reaching such a high level with long pips. My main question is how Tim managed to lose 0-3, I would have thought a player of his level would be able to adapt to Shuja's style and play accordingly.  Should be interesting to see what happens at the US Nationals next week... plenty of "wild card" possibilities at this point

puppy412 wrote: I don't understand... is there a need for excuses? he just lost to a player who played better that game. can happen to anyone. even ma long could lose against me one day.

Well, when you think about it, it is honestly rather sad. Tim was our Olympic representative (talking to the US folks here), and he lost to a 2300 player. Nevertheless, the other guy seemed to be playing very well, and his placements were throwing Tim off quite a bit. However, the US will never be on the world-class level with performances from our Olympian like that. 

puppy412 wrote: the_theologian wrote: puppy412 wrote: I don't understand... is there a need for excuses? he just lost to a player who played better that game. can happen to anyone. even ma long could lose against me one day. yes, this is definitely possible... as long as ma long is restricted to playing with a q-tip instead of a paddle do I play with a q-tip as well or do I get to use a paddle?

I would love to see the whole match, is it anywhere on you tube ?

roundrobin wrote: Baal wrote: Incredible. I played Jafar twice this year at Gao Jun's new club right before the LA Open.  His bh block is very consistent and his fh attacks are extremely nasty.  A super nice fellow (and a MD too ).

Well for sure, this guy has to be really good to pull something like this off.  My hat is off to this guy, permanently!!!  

All the same a physician who plays for fun and is an LP blocker (obviously a really good one!) just knocked off the number 1 guy on our national team (3-0!!).  If this is an endorsement of the current state of American table tennis, then I am a nun. 

BMonkey wins the thread.  Prize announced later.

I guess some things need to be spelled out.  It would be pretty interesting if he worked at McDonalds too, but here is the point about the fact he is an MD:  The point is that the things you have to do to be a physician make it pretty hard to do any of the things you need to become a high level TT player.  The LP guy is not training 4 hours a day, he has a full-time job that he can't really blow off---you know, working at a hospital seeing sick people, stuff like that.  Since he is a physician, there was a long period in his life (like from age 18-30 maybe longer, maybe a bit less, depending on specialty) when it is unlikely he was able to train at all given the studying, exams, 18 hour work days and stretches of 36 hours straight being on-call---this being the age when most players are in their prime or level and improvement.  And he still pulled it off. 

Against a guy who quit high school in his freshman year to pursue his dream of being a professional table tennis player, and who did succeed in becoming the #1 player on his nation's men's team.

Kids, don't quit school to become a ping pong player, but if you really insist on it -- train abroad.   

I was at the tournament and witnessed the whole match.  The reason he lost?  He did EVERY shot that he's NOT supposed to against a LP player - side spin serve, heavy side and top spin attack....