Paris Olympic Games 2024

[pongfugrasshopper]

Kallberg scrapes by in the 7th. Credit Idowu of the Congo for leaving it all out on the table.

 

[andzejgolot]

Kallberg vs Felix Lebrun....It will be tough match for Lebrun...
Kallberg is the guy WHO can Play like no one when we consider him as the guy WHO will loose and he likes playing on the table so Felix will have problems.

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Hahaha... Anton if you win with Lebrun.... Rollercoaster

 

[turbozed]

the story is called David vs Goliath, I think there was nothing in it besides people cheering for the underdog

That's great that the crowd understood how much of an underdog he was and how well he played to make it so close.

Encouraging to see so many fans in one place show that sort of respect to relatively unknown players.

 

[dingyibvs]

Oh man, I don't think I've rooted for anyone as hard as I did for Idowu for a very, very long time, probably not since Ma Long's first WTTC title! This last set of matches were FIRE!

 

[turbozed]

Woah Jeon Jihee is in some serious trouble against Fu Yu.

Had 3 game points in the 3rd but let Fu Yu steal that one. Now down 0-3

 

[dingyibvs]

Woah Jeon Jihee is in some serious trouble against Fu Yu.

Had 3 game points in the 3rd but let Fu Yu steal that one. Now down 0-3

Wow, and now she goes down 0-4!

 

[zeio]

WS R64
JJH 0-4 Yu Fu (-7, -6, -11, -9)

Boyfriend: Told you to quit already!
Ishikawa: Welcome to the club, JJH! (Hehehe, she played even worse than I did!)

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...s-incheon-03-27-03-31-korea.33316/post-450698

JJH could become the YMY at Tokyo 2020. Last Olympics always do the trick, except for Ishikawa.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...ens-team-can-threaten-japan.25036/post-461130

According to the transcript of JJH's recent live, she admits that she was lucky, in fact too lucky, to win the Asian Games 2022 WD title as her talent, strength and game are no good as pointed by her boyfriend 徐克/Xu Ke, who has wins over ML and XX. She reveals that even though he did not tell her to retire, he has told her to quit for several years now.

https://weibo.com/5229334406/OfXYVucL0
https://weibo.com/5229334406/OfXR72R96
https://weibo.com/5229334406/OfOE9E4Ab

田志希要打甲A (JJH is going to play in Jia A)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9030022678

 

[turbozed]

Wow, and now she goes down 0-4!

I only caught the last 2 games but it looked like Yu was blocking deep into JJH's BH corner and JJH never had an answer for that tactic.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

What just happened?! A veteran player like JJH should not lose 0-4 to a traditional penhold Chinese auntie at the Olympics.

 

[dingyibvs]

I only caught the last 2 games but it looked like Yu was blocking deep into JJH's BH corner and JJH never had an answer for that tactic.

Nah, that's a pretty standard tactic, Jeon actually missed a LOT of easy FHs. She also lost the service/receive game pretty badly, though I think that's understandable against an experienced penholder. I think it's all the FH loop misses that did her in.

 

[andzejgolot]

Maybe too much angles shots and Fu Yu had chance to Play wide and JJH should play more forward to the middle ?

 

[NextLevel]

Yes, he plays a style that's ill suited for doubles, particularly mixed doubles. It's like a chopper playing doubles with a two-winged looper, or two right-handers paired up, there are simply inherent disadvantages. Also, service and service return are not as important in doubles due to the lack of placement variations allowed in services.

Like I said, I don't agree, Harimoto had won doubles titles with players other than Hayata. People just can't think outside the box on stuff like this. The North Korean pair were extremely good and there wasn't enough info to prep with while they had a lot of prep info for Harimoto and Hayata. In fact serve and serve receive are more critical in doubles as they are the most reliable parts of the game. And the idea that someone who has multiple titles in doubles with different partners is terrible at doubles is a sign that maybe people just can't think beyond what they want to see.

 

[turbozed]

Nah, that's a pretty standard tactic, Jeon actually missed a LOT of easy FHs. She also lost the service/receive game pretty badly, though I think that's understandable against an experienced penholder. I think it's all the FH loop misses that did her in.

Yeah she was missing them either long or off the net cord. In the last the majority of points looked like unforced errors. But Yu was doing was doing a good job making her move around and maybe encouraging those mistakes. She seemed particularly uncomfortable moving to the BH to get the deep balls there tho to me.

 

[mikeytt]

Anna Hursey falls to Batra, a tricky style to play against for your first ever olympic match.

 

[zeio]

WS R64
Zeng Jian 4-3 Malobabic (5, 3, -11, 6, -9, -13, 5)

 

[M51]

So proud of Ivana Malobabić.

 

[igorponger]

THE OLYMPIC BARBERSHOP.
Vexing reflectivity on DHS tabletop. The whole playing court looks like a barbershop interiors.

 

[M51]

Vexing reflectivity on DHS tabletop.

Terrific lighting conditions make it a non-issue.

 

[Arkady]

Apart from table tennis I don't generally watch sports, so I don't have subscription to Eurosport or any other similar channels.
Is there any online streaming service that broadcasts table tennis for Paris Olympics 2024?

 

[Aizen]

Apart from table tennis I don't generally watch sports, so I don't have subscription to Eurosport or any other similar channels.
Is there any online streaming service that broadcasts table tennis for Paris Olympics 2024?

Hbo max is good to watch but costs 6 euro.