Felix may have been more drained physically, but that game six drama (21:19) may have drained WRB mentally a bit more severely. That specific "mission accomplished" feeling you get after scoring such a win didn't have enough time to wear off. If the final had been played tomorrow, I bet it would...
I asked you to clarify, not to share a link to a page unintelligible to most people here. AI isn't of any help either right now.
Anyhow, a disappointing final. WRB seems to have used up all the fuel against 張本 智和.
Yeah, his reaction was, like, "Oh, come on, people!"
But the Chinese crowd's dislike for Harimoto is somewhat understandable.
I wonder if Zhang Yu (papa Harimoto) is perceived as a defector among some of them.
Stellan Bengtsson is still the only teenager to ever win the WTTC singles title...
Does anyone here by any chance have old catalogues from legacy brands like Butterfly or Tibhar?
Any PDF's, perhaps? I'm getting a bit nostalgic.
I plan to ask around, some of the older table tennis people in my area must have kept some stuff around. If I get my hands on something interesting...
I feel like Truls could have been a more serious challenger to WCQ. This looks like a first round match, not a final.
Not that Felix fared any better... Bummer.
Truls' inability to pivot his game once his opponent is fully adjusted is a bit baffling to me.
Phenomenal mental game, though.
Chen Yuanyu is fantastic, looking forward to seeing what he can do in the future.
EDIT "I thought I was playing good table tennis, but you saw the scoreline"...
Many such cases lately. The umpire should make himself as invisible as possible, not the other way around.
In other news, Truls survives a scare.
Stream quality improved significantly.
I'm not gonna pretend I'm unbiased here, Zeljko is Croatian, what would be the point?
He has shown his athletic prowess on many occasions, but his surprise win against Samsonov as a teenager comes to mind. We had high hopes for that boy.