Search results

Nah, the internal trials only decide ONE out of the five players (one reason why Marvellous 12 is seen as a sham by some critics as the other places are still determined by other less transparent methods) that the Chinese National Team is allowed to enter. Due to his achievements, Ma Long is a...

It is confirmed that Ma Long will not play in the upcoming Marvellous 12 as he doesn't want to risk setting back the rehab progress for his knee injury. However, he will still head to Shenzhen and be part of the spectating crowd. Yan An, who placed 7th in phase 1, will take his place to make up...

Dates of Play for Phase 2 1) 28 Feb (Thursday) 13：00 2) 28 Feb (Thursday) 19：00 3) 1 Mar (Friday) 13：00 4) 1 Mar (Friday) 19：00 5) 2 Mar (Saturday) 13：00 6) 2 Mar (Saturday) 19：00 7) 3 Mar (Sunday) 13：00 8) 3 Mar (Sunday) 19：00 Both men and women will play off at the same time, but the exact...

New promotional poster released today, for sales ticketing purposes. Kind of cool IMO.

They rarely get to play in CTTSL actually. Liu Fei only had four matches (won two and lost two) while Hu Limei was sent out eight times (won three and lost five) this season. An average player should get at least 20 matches.

From the recently concluded Portugal Challenge, I was a little ambivalent over the effectiveness of playing defence in modern table tennis. The general school of thought seemed to be that defenders are not doing as well ever since bigger plastic balls were introduced (i.e. reduced spin). I think...

Seems like Chinese women struggle a lot with defenders nowadays while Japanese women have it easy.

Apart from LSW, nobody can stop Hayata in this tournament. Yesterday's round of 16 should have been the finals. Regardless of who wins the other SF, I strongly doubt either Hashimoto or Li Jiayuan can put up an entertaining fight.

Hu Limei has an unconventional serve for defenders no? Most would choose a backhand serve.

I've always viewed her as number 4 on the team, so actually it was surprising Sato Hitomi was given a spot before her. By some sadistic twist of fate, Sato Hitomi the second seed has been ousted by a junior member of the Chinese National Team :eek:

Maybe the 4th will be Truls's game! 8-7. A glimmer of hope there.

Wells...

I think the biggest issue for LSW right now is stamina. She's clearly the top candidate to represent CNT for Mixed Doubles but a huge part of her also desires to qualify for singles (and understandably so since she was quite unfairly denied a spot in 2016 despite being WR#1). Unfortunately (or...

Updates on 16 Feb On the men's side, the other six players to make up the Marvellous 12 are Zhao Zihao, Xu Chenhao, Fang Bo, Zhou Kai, Yu Ziyang and Xue Fei. Breakdown of Individual Rankings: 1) Zhao Zihao – 11W & 3L 2) Xu Chenhao – 11W & 3L 3) Fang Bo – 11W & 3L 4) Zhou Kai – 10W & 4L...

Updates as of 16 Feb (Saturday) End of phase 1 for the women's team and the six players to have made it to the next phase are: Sun Yingsha, Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi, Gu Yuting, Sun Mingyang and He Zhuojia. Detailed Breakdown of Ranking 1) Sun Yingsha 15W & 0L 2) Chen Xingtong 13W & 2L...

Men's Singles Round of 16 1st Quarter Lin Gaoyuan – Truls Moregard* Pavel Sirucek – Quadri Aruna 2nd Quarter Daniel Habesohn – Xu Yingbin Deni Kozul – Vladmir Samsonov 3rd Quarter Liang Jingkun – Wang Chuqin* Qiu Dang – Niu Guankai 4th Quarter Omar Assar – Uda Yukiya Hunor...

Men's Singles Round of 32 1st Quarter Lin Gaoyuan – Joao Geraldo Truls Moregard – Sun Wen Mihai Bobocica – Pavel Sirucek Simon Soderlund – Quadri Aruna 2nd Quarter Daniel Habesohn – Amalraj Anthony Pavel Platonov – Xu Yingbin Masaki Takami – Deni Kozul Tom Jarvis – Vladmir...

Both players were faulted for service but I didn't quite understand why from the umpire's gestures. He seemed to suggest that LSW threw the ball backwards instead of vertically up? Interesting, because I always felt LSW's services were among the most 'legit'.

Men's Singles Round of 64 1st Quarter Lin Gaoyuan – David Serdaroglu Joao Geraldo – Tobias Hippler Alexander Shibaev – Sun Wen Eric Joulti – Truls Moregard Mihai Bobocica – Yu Heyi Pavel Sirucek – Carlos Machado Andreas Levenko – Simon Soderlund Quadri Aruna – Sadi Ismailov 2nd...

Results from Phase 1 Day 3 (14 Feb) Women's Team 1) He Zhuojia 3:0 Chen Ke / 2:3 Sun Yingsha = 3W & 5L = Position 10 2) Gu Yuting 3:1 Chen Ke / 3:1 Zhang Rui = 4W & 4L = Position 6 3) Che Xiaoxi 3:1 Liu Gaoyang / 0:3 Chen Xingtong = 4W & 4L = Position 6 4) Liu Xi 3:0 Sun Mingyang / 3:1 Zhang...