ITTF WTTTC Finals London 2026, 4/28-5/10

[JackJohnson]

Seems strange to see the Korean team wtihout Lee Eunhye and Joo Cheonhui.

 

[zeio]

wow... racket cases....

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This was requested by the CTTA after the racket damage incident at WTTC 2025.

 

[dewnyc]

Bernie wins 2 matches, and ROU-KOR goes to a decider (Park vs Samara). SYB isn't in this one. I wonder if she's sick or injured.

 

[NextLevel]

Bernie wins 2 matches, and ROU-KOR goes to a decider (Park vs Samara). SYB isn't in this one. I wonder if she's sick or injured.

Surprised that Park is being featured so heavily, but I guess the last match already sealed their fate.

 

[dewnyc]

Samara had a 5-1 lead in the first game but Park won 11-7

 

[dewnyc]

in KOR-CHN men's on t4, Kim Jangwon (who I haven't seen before) vs LSD

 

[Matteones]

in KOR-CHN men's on t4, Kim Jangwon (who I haven't seen before) vs LSD

Looks like he plays very good tabletennis. I wonder how deep Korea's ranks are, does someone know if they have an internal league or something? They are just not that well known like Chinese and Japanese are.

 

[NextLevel]

Looks like he plays very good tabletennis. I wonder how deep Korea's ranks are, does someone know if they have an internal league or something? They are just not that well known like Chinese and Japanese are.

Yes they have an internal league with heavy corporate sponsorship. In some ways, their depth on the men's side is very similar to Japan.

 

[dewnyc]

Samara wins 3-1, and Romania beats South Korea 3-2

 

[JackJohnson]

How was that not hidden ball in Mattias vs Jarvis game just now.

 

[dewnyc]

Dumb question - Is there a way to see who will be playing in each position in a team match, after it starts? The WTT site has that on the Match Centre before the match starts, but not after.

 

[job59]

She is a GEWO player.

Good. Then you should know that Gewo has quite a few rubbers with orange sponges.

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[MatsushimaAlc]

If this can be ruled as "Ball not hidden" then the rules need to be changed.

 

[dewnyc]

Tom Jarvis puts England in the lead with his win over Mattias Karlsson (now we have to point out whether a Karlsson is him or Kristian)

 

[dewnyc]

Oh Junsung leading LJK 2-1

 

[NextLevel]

Oh Junsung leading LJK 2-1

That's probably the end of LJK for the tournament. Regardless, they are stuck with a team that is 2 deep now against the best teams so they are vulnerable.

 

[dewnyc]

Kallberg saved a bunch of game points by Walker and won the first, 17-15

Oh beats LJK, after LJK saved 2 match points

 

[Matteones]

That's probably the end of LJK for the tournament. Regardless, they are stuck with a team that is 2 deep now against the best teams so they are vulnerable.

1.5 deep I would say. Wang Chuqin can't afford any mistakes, Lin Shidong is quite beatable by quite many players, numbers 3 to 5 are just not worth top 10. I don't think I have seen such a vulnerable China since they lost their last world championship, am I right in remembering it in the year 2000 against Sweden?
I just remember the late '00 early '10s when China's number 5 was the like of Chen Qi who would just steam roll over pretty much everyone he encountered except maybe Boll and Samsonov.

 

[dewnyc]

1.5 deep I would say. Wang Chuqin can't afford any mistakes, Lin Shidong is quite beatable by quite many players, numbers 3 to 5 are just not worth top 10. I don't think I have seen such a vulnerable China since they lost their last world championship, am I right in remembering it in the year 2000 against Sweden?
I just remember the late '00 early '10s when China's number 5 was the like of Chen Qi who would just steam roll over pretty much everyone he encountered except maybe Boll and Samsonov.

Yes, they lost to Sweden in 2000.
They also came closing to losing in 2001, in the semis against South Korea, with Liu Guozheng beating Kim Taek-Soo in the deciding match.

 

[NextLevel]

1.5 deep I would say. Wang Chuqin can't afford any mistakes, Lin Shidong is quite beatable by quite many players, numbers 3 to 5 are just not worth top 10. I don't think I have seen such a vulnerable China since they lost their last world championship, am I right in remembering it in the year 2000 against Sweden?
I just remember the late '00 early '10s when China's number 5 was the like of Chen Qi who would just steam roll over pretty much everyone he encountered except maybe Boll and Samsonov.

They might have no choice other than to keep trying to fix LJK. This ZQH-AJH match is just as bad.