Euro-Asia Cup, Asian leg 1

Great!!! Im with europe team side.. but.. i think that asian team will win.. :/

Maybe here... I don't know yet if these links works...
http://www.tv14.net/cctv5/
http://bugu.cntv.cn/live_cctv5/index.shtml

My prediction for today: Asia 4 - Europe 1 ..
Guess who'll win the match for Europe :b

I think europe can actually win if the matchups of takaaki are right.

Depending on format, but think Europe might just clench it

The ones in bold are my winner predictions

JOO Se Hyuk vs. Tiago APOLONIA
CHUANG Chih-Yuan vs. Werner SCHLAGER
ZHANG Jike vs. Vladimir SAMSONOV
Jun MIZUTANI vs. Timo BOLL
TANG Peng vs. Adrian CRISAN.

JOO Se Hyuk vs. Adrian CRISAN
TANG Peng vs. Werner SCHLAGER
Jun MIZUTANI vs. Vladimir SAMSONOV
ZHANG Jike vs. Timo BOLL
CHUANG Chih-Yuan vs. Tiago APOLONIA

ZHANG Jike vs. Timo BOLL - Timo will have his revenge there... last match he did not look fit...

JOO Se Hyuk vs. Tiago APOLONIA - Joo Se Hyuk. His Improvements from 2010 to this year is astronomical.
CHUANG Chih-Yuan vs. Werner SCHLAGER - I would give this one to Chuang Chih-Yuan here. Schlager is getting old and Chuang is reaching his prime.
ZHANG Jike vs. Vladimir SAMSONOV - Zhang Jike. If the matches are mentioned beforehand, Zhang would get a lot of preparation for the match, whereas Samsonov has little experience against Zhang.
Jun MIZUTANI vs. Timo BOLL - Tough call, I would say Timo Boll winning 3-2.
TANG Peng vs. Adrian CRISAN. - I know little about the two players, but Tang Peng can give a good match to Wang Liqin once in a while, so I would say Tang.

JOO Se Hyuk vs. Adrian CRISAN - Joo Se Hyuk, for reasons mentioned above.
TANG Peng vs. Werner SCHLAGER - It's been a while since Tang Peng played in a big event like this, experience should edge out here.
Jun MIZUTANI vs. Vladimir SAMSONOV - I would say Jun takes this one. Samsonov's style is too passive against the aggressiveness of asian players. Jun wins 3-2 or 3-1.
ZHANG Jike vs. Timo BOLL - Whoever wins their first day match will win this match, meaning Zhang would get a slight edge here.
CHUANG Chih-Yuan vs. Tiago APOLONIA - Chuang takes this one down.

i think asian team plays for power and speed. european plays for stability.

takaaki said:

for those of you who couldn't watch it live, the vids are posted here: http://bugu.cntv.cn/sports/information/cctv5tiyusaishi/videopage/index.shtml

this is a chinese page. the vids are posted near the top of the list. the 1st one on the list is the last vid, the next one is the 2nd to the last, etc.

Click to expand...

Thanks Takaaki!

Heres the first matches

Euro vs Asia 2011 - Timo Boll vs Jun Mizutani



Euro vs Asia 2011 - Zhang Jike vs Vladimir Samsonov



Euro vs Asia 2011 - Joo See Hyuk vs Thiago Apolonia



Euro vs Asia 2011 - Werner Schalger vs Chuan Chih Yuan

thanks a lot for these videos dude !!

thank Dan a lot for your video!

Great job!Thanks for all videos Dan!

I have a single word to describe the 1º day matches:









Rape

Thanks guys, yes a great tournament, heres the second instalment of matches provided by ttprovider

Asia vs. Europe 2011: Joo Se Hyuk-Adrian Crisan


Asia vs. Europe 2011: Tang Peng-Werner Schlager


Asia vs. Europe 2011: Zhang Jike-Timo Boll


Asia vs. Europe 2011: Jun Mizutani-Vladimir Samsonov

Thanks for the excellent videos! There were some good matches here. I'm surprised the European team didn't do better considering they have some very strong players and the Asian team only had one Chinese player. I predict a 6-4 win for Europe at the next event though and a tie-break match will be needed (for the 3rd year in a row).

Looks like Zhang Jike really has Timo's number. He's beaten him fairly comfortably in their last 2 matches now. I had't seen anything of Zhang until recently but he looks like an amazing player. Very consistent and very powerful.