Olympic Finals

[cool_...@yahoo.com]

Wow -

It's Wang Hao v. Ryu Seung Min in the Finals of the Olympics.

It was nice to see "complete" matches on Bravo!

Wang Hao d. Wang Liqin 4-1. I'd say that Wang Hao was much more
aggressive in taking control of the points and looked quicker than Wang
Liqin today.

Ryu Seung Min d. J-O Waldner 4-1. I was impressed with Ryu's serve and
serve return. Ryu forced a lot of errors from Waldner right off the
serve, and in turn Ryu was incredibly stable returning Waldner's serve.
I hope to see the finals broadcasted.

-AC

[Mark E. Wallace]

cool_...@yahoo.com wrote:

>...in turn Ryu was incredibly stable returning Waldner's serve.

Good point. Waldner forced very few errors, and his third-ball attack
was for the most part non-existent.

Mark

[Michel S. Taillefer]

To bad J-O wont be there :-(

Michel

On 22 Aug 2004 02:46:08 -0700, "cool_...@yahoo.com"

[Alexander J. Chien]

I still love J-O becuase I do think he has to be one of the best
players of all time, and an incredible innovator. I don't think table
tennis would be the same today without him.

Nevertheless, watching him against Ryu and Wang Liqin there are a few
things in his game that have fallen off.

Waldner is definitely not as quick as he was before - and his
backhand attack isn't what it used to be - previously, that punch-smash
was devastating in combination with the variation of sidespin blocks. I
still saw the masterful sidespin - but the punch was not there often
enough.

You can also see the evolvement of tabletennis. When Waldner got pushed
off the table, he has his forehand counterloop, and a backhand
retrieve. The newer generation (Wang Liqin, Schlager, Kreanga, Boll)
now have a backhand that can counterloop an opponent's forehand loop. I
think Kreanga has the style of play of the future - double wing
counterlooping ability.

[Unknown]

On 24 Aug 2004 00:03:57 -0700, "Alexander J. Chien"

Quarter Finals Women's Singles Tokyo Olympics 2021
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A : Chen Meng (China) vs Doo Hai Kem (Hong Kong)

B: Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) vs Yu Mengyu (Singapore)

C: Mima Ito (Japan) vs Jeon Jihee (South Korea)

D: Ying Han (Germany) vs Sun Yingsha (China)



Quarter Finals Men's Singles Tokyo Olympics 2021
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A: Fan Zhendong (China) vs Jeoung Youngsik (South Korea)

B: Lin Yun Ju (Taiwan) vs Darko Jorgic (Slovenia)

C: Hugo Calderano (Brazil) vs Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany)

D: Omar Assar (Egypt) vs Ma Long (China)




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