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Hard to say indeed. Boll hasn't been in good shape lately, so it is probably hard to judge. He might revive next year and be their biggest nightmare again.

There is only 1 doubles pair allowed per country? In that case that is gonna be a quite worthless event, maybe apart from the semi-finals and final :O It is sad that the team event is taken away.

I wonder how that goes with the seedings. If Boll is 2nd seed, would he need zjk to be 4th seed in order to avoid both of them until the final? I believe no. 1 and 4 are in the 1st half of the scheme and no. 2 and 3 in the 2nd half right? Or is this different at Olympics?

I agree. Even the World Team Championships are 2-3 months before the Olympics, so they will probably focus on that first. A lot can happen in half a year, I don't know when they have to make up the final list of players though.

Good point haha. Then they can put their tablets to good use instead of playing games :)

11:28 in the second :D Why don't we also make a celebration of the year vote ;) There are 2 nominations hehe.

The second half of 2011 was totally Ma Long's. I think Boll-Joo at the World Cup deserves a nomination though. But there are a number of matches that have been so epic, like: Ryu Seung Min - Yoshida Kaii (World Team Cup); Ma Long - Bojan Tokic , Ryu Seung Min - Wang Hao, Chen Qi - Vladimir...

I think Ma Long in his current form hasn't played Boll, but he should crush him. ZJK seems to match up well against him indeed. He has trouble against Ovcharov though. But Wang Hao even lost to Ovcharov :P So there is probably more to consider than just Boll.

Haha awesome vid Yosua, thanks for sharing xD

Liu Guoliang on Wang Hao, from Tabletennista.com: What worries Liu Guoliang the most is the that Wang Hao failed to give power. After Wang Hao's defeat against Ma Long, Liu Guoliang frankly stated that Wang Hao is in a dangerous position. "Wang Hao's condition and his level of performance vary...

That hunger might as well make him perform worse, putting himself under that pressure. Wang Hao is almost used to being number two. First behind Ma Lin or Wang Liqin and more recently behind Zhang Jike or Ma Long.

Guo Yue has 1.7M followers ;) LGL with 5M is crazy indeed haha.

It's not boring at all ;) They present us the best table tennis ever played, please let them break through to the finals so they can show us another epic match! They are the best, they work hardest, they deserve it, and we should thank them for bringing table tennis to the level it is played at...

That is exactly the opposite of what I just said in the other thread haha.

ZJK maybe drops more games, but that has also to do with the fact that he likes to be lazy until he has to go all-out. If he loses games, like against Kishikawa in the Grand Finals, he can make it up by stepping up his game. He did the same against Ovcharov in the World Cup. That is his problem...

I don't think that will happen. Wang Hao is just not as good as Zhang Jike, wether he is arrogant or not. Against practically any random player, Zhang has a better chance to win than Wang at the moment.

If there would be 2 player to pick I wouldn't know a reason to go with others that Zhang Jike and Ma Long if you want the strongest two. Wang Hao is a great player, but not as great as Zhang and Ma at the moment.

That was epic, made me laugh. Thanks rhonis. Also the person on the side (kitchen?) seems to find all this really normal.

Yep, that's the most important change for him. His mental strength also became clear in the 5th set against Jike at the end. I'm really curious if Ma Long can keep this up for many years. If he does, he can be a legend. But still I'd prefer Zhang Jike to rise up, compete with Ma Long better and...

I think u are right. The games he wins, he gives the opponent less than 5 points. If he has a 3 points gap, he is gone. If you can manage to stay close to him during the game by scoring smart points, you can take the game and harm his confidence. But it is insanely hard to do indeed.