“Streets Won’t Forget” Players

[joshmak10]

If you aren’t familiar with this term, a “Streets Won’t Forget” player is someone who wasnt a huge success or consistently elite player but just had moments of brilliance or something special about them that fans absolutely adored (personality, particular skill). It’s often used when talking about soccer players, but I’ve realized there must be some good “Streets Won’t Forget” table tennis players. A few that come to my mind:

Fang Bo 2015 WTTC, literally his only shining star moment
Lim Jonghoon 2023 Champions Xinxiang, he was so good but the spine injury ruined his game ngl
Prime Zhao Zihao when he was a top 30 star

Any others that stand out to y’all?

 

[NextLevel]

Tristan Flore...

 

[joshmak10]

Tristan Flore...

This is a good one. It would’ve been an insane win over prime Ma Long

 

[mikeytt]

ill go with the obvious one, koki niwa, never really achieved much but his chop blocks will be remembered forever.

i wasn't around for this era and dont know how good he actually was but watching Koji Matsushita blows me away every time. he makes chopping look so fun and i often mess around doing it just to try to copy him.

try not to smile watching this

 

[Ian]

Kreanga! In his prime, that backhand was a thing of beauty and so much fun to watch

 

[joshmak10]

ill go with the obvious one, koki niwa, never really achieved much but his chop blocks will be remembered forever.

i wasn't around for this era and dont know how good he actually was but watching Koji Matsushita blows me away every time. he makes chopping look so fun and i often mess around doing it just to try to copy him.

try not to smile watching this

These two are insane!

 

[blahness]

Chen Qi for his outrageous no fear shotmaking

 

[NextLevel]

Kreanga! In his prime, that backhand was a thing of beauty and so much fun to watch

Kreanga was a top player in Europe for well over a decade on and off... but your pick is your pick.

 

[joshmak10]

An Jaehyun 2019 WTTC
Matthias Falck 2019 WTTC

 

[NextLevel]

Masato Shiono, 2013 Japan Open.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Koki Niwaaaaaaaaa.....

and

LGY the Choke-King!

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

2011 WTTC, Ma Long v Bojan Tokic, crazy rallies

 

[BlotOnPaper]

As a penholder i think Xu Haidong is pretty underrated.

I think CNT doesn't really know what to do with him, his style is unusual. For some time they tried to make him new Xu Xin, for some time they tried more Wang Hao-esque style, but neither of this approaches worked. He is powerfull, he has great feeling and he has some intelligence. It's just like he lack confidence, in my opinion because of such drastic changes in the game model.

But i also don't really know what will be the best approach for him. But he deffinetely has much more tallent than Xu Fei.

 

[Dr Evil]

Eugene Wang. Entertaining style, tough as nails competitor. Watch a little of this match and you'll realize there's no way he can win. Then keep watching.