Yeah Truls is the odd man out on the Swedish team right now. Lots of things going on mostly stemming from coaching drama but also personal things behind closed doors.
He has gotten louder after Paris. This isn't the first time he is that loud.
It was less about the antics and more about it being so energetically directed at a teammate. Something must have gone on to motivate Truls especially and to mute Anton in general (though the scoreline may have muted Anton).
Yes, but this was more than that, and the handshake after the match didn't communicate that. Compare that to Uda and Harimoto, again screaming, but you could see the path, and after, you felt the friendship of teammates. Even Bobrow was surprised by Truls's energy and felt something was going on.
Bobrow definitely knows more than he's saying. He would leave innuendos, if he didn't know exactly what is happening.
That makes sense. I don't know Bobrow well enough to analyze and trend that, but that makes sense.
| Year | Event Name | Stage | Sub-Event | Round | Player A | Player B | Games | Result | Winner |
| 2025 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2025 | Main Draw | WS | R32 | WINTER Sabine (GER) | SZOCS Bernadette (ROU) | 11:3 11:2 11:6 | 3 - 0 | WINTER Sabine |
| 2010 | World Team Table Tennis Championships Moscow 2010 | Main Draw | WT | WINTER Sabine (GER) | SZOCS Bernadette (ROU) | 12:10 8:11 11:5 12:14 11:6 | 3 - 2 | WINTER Sabine | |
| 2010 | ITTF Junior Circuit Egypt Junior and Cadet Open Cairo 2010 | Main Draw | JGS | QuarterFinal | WINTER Sabine (GER) | SZOCS Bernadette (ROU) | 6:11 9:11 12:10 11:8 8:11 11:5 11:7 | 4 - 3 | WINTER Sabine |
Any updates to your Olympics prognostications?
WS R16
Szocs 0-3 Winter (-3, -5, -5)
Year Event Name Stage Sub-Event Round Player A Player B Games Result Winner 2025 Europe Smash - Sweden 2025 Main Draw WS R32 WINTER Sabine (GER) SZOCS Bernadette (ROU) 11:3 11:2 11:6 3 - 0 WINTER Sabine 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships Moscow 2010 Main Draw WT WINTER Sabine (GER) SZOCS Bernadette (ROU) 12:10 8:11 11:5 12:14 11:6 3 - 2 WINTER Sabine 2010 ITTF Junior Circuit Egypt Junior and Cadet Open Cairo 2010 Main Draw JGS QuarterFinal WINTER Sabine (GER) SZOCS Bernadette (ROU) 6:11 9:11 12:10 11:8 8:11 11:5 11:7 4 - 3 WINTER Sabine
Same thing. I'm looking at 3 years from now. As the H2H shows, Szocs losing to Winter has nothing to do with equipment.
3 Years out is fair. Nothing to do with equipment is interesting even if mildly defensible At the moment it is obvious though thar Sabine is the German #1.
That's so weird. You have no idea what is going on, but there's not a single sensible option that would leave the door for respect open?
For all we know Anton slept with Truls' girlfriend or something. It's so shortsighted and judgmental to just drop your respect for someone without knowing anything about it.
Convenient to forget what just happened at China Smash 2025 just 4 weeks ago, and the close matches at ETTTC 2025 against Fu Yu and Surjan, even the one against Tianer Yu was close for the first 2 games. Against JNT players, her record is 1W6L as projected and the only win was 3-2 over Akae. Against CNT players (1W3L), an injured CXT was the only one she has defeated. If WYD with such a poor record against combination players could beat her without special training, consider the others. 2 KNT (KNY and LEH, the latter may not make LA28) and 2 TPE players (1 old and 1 young, not certain if they will make LA28) are the only other East Asian players she beat.
| Year | Event | Player A | Player B | Player X | Player Y | Sub-event | Stage | Round | Result | Games | Winner | Winner |
| Total: 12 | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | China Smash 2025 | HARIMOTO Miwa (JPN) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | R32 | 3 - 1 | 13:11 9:11 11:5 11:9 | HARIMOTO Miwa | |||
| 2025 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2025 | WINTER Sabine (GER) | CHEN Yi (CHN) | WS | Main Draw | QuarterFinal | 1 - 4 | 13:15 7:11 13:15 13:11 6:11 | CHEN Yi | |||
| 2025 | WTT Champions Yokohama 2025 | WANG Yidi (CHN) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | R32 | 3 - 2 | 4:11 5:11 11:4 11:6 12:10 | WANG Yidi | |||
| 2025 | United States Smash 2025 | ZHU Yuling (MAC) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | R64 | 3 - 1 | 8:11 11:6 11:7 11:6 | ZHU Yuling | |||
| 2025 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025 | WINTER Sabine (GER) | HAYATA Hina (JPN) | WS | Main Draw | R32 | 1 - 3 | 7:11 13:15 11:8 7:11 | HAYATA Hina | |||
| 2025 | ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 | WINTER Sabine (GER) | ODO Satsuki (JPN) | WS | Main Draw | R32 | 0 - 4 | 4:11 7:11 6:11 8:11 | ODO Satsuki | |||
| 2025 | WTT Contender Tunis 2025 | ODO Satsuki (JPN) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | QuarterFinal | 3 - 0 | 11:8 11:8 11:9 | ODO Satsuki | |||
| 2025 | ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025 | CHEN Xingtong (CHN) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Qualification | 4 - 0 | 11:8 11:6 11:8 11:7 | CHEN Xingtong | ||||
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Otocec 2025 | WINTER Sabine (GER) | SHIBATA Saki (JPN) | WS | Main Draw | Final | 1 - 3 | 11:5 8:11 6:11 5:11 | SHIBATA Saki | |||
| 2025 | Europe Top-16 Cup Montreux 2025 | HAN Ying (GER) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | SemiFinal | 3 - 1 | 8:11 11:4 11:7 11:9 | HAN Ying | |||
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Dusseldorf 2025 | OJIO Yuna (JPN) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | QuarterFinal | 3 - 0 | 11:6 11:2 11:8 | OJIO Yuna | |||
| 2025 | Singapore Smash 2025 | MITTELHAM Nina (GER) | WINTER Sabine (GER) | WS | Main Draw | R64 | 3 - 1 | 3:11 11:5 11:7 12:10 | MITTELHAM Nina |
In my opinion, Bernadette is not very good at playing against "material".
Okay. So who is the German #1 at the current moment? Trying to see whether you addressed anything I wrote.
Everyone watching the match could see that Bernadette would love to rally with Winter's backhand but was disgusted with the ball coming from that exchange and couldn't do enough to maintain the initiative. But the experts have spoken and said it has nothing to do with backhand or material so...
