ITTF Legends Tour 2015

TableTennisDaily · Mar 3, 2015

ITTF Legends Tour 2015, 4th March, Halmstad, Sweden

On Wednesday the 4th March 2015 the second addition to the ITTF Legends Tour will take place in Halmstad, Sweden! This tour has been founded by Philippe Saive (Philippe Saive Management) to give table tennis fans around the world another opportunity to watch the greats battle it out once more. In 2014, Jan Ove Waldner won in a titanic battle against Jean Michel Saiv. This years line up will see Olympic Champion Jan Ove Waldner, Jorgen Persson, Mikael Appelgren, Jiang Jialiang, Jean Michel Saive and Jean Philippe Gatien.

Live streaming:

Men's Seeds

01) Jan Ove Waldner
02) Jorgen Persson
03) Jorg Rosskopf
04) Jiang Jialiang
05) Jean Michel Saive
06) Jean Philippe Gatien

rajd1234 · Mar 4, 2015

As per Jean Saive's FB page.

neklvlmooster · Mar 4, 2015

Wow first match Jan-Ove Waldner have to vs Jiang Jialiang

They are my two favourite players.

mahomedy13 · Mar 4, 2015

I wonder why they don't include the legends Liu guoliang and Ma lin.both those players have competed before with these legends in the 90's and can be considered as on the same level as them

mahomedy13 · Mar 4, 2015

And Ma Lin has been a former World Number 1

mahomedy13 · Mar 4, 2015

From the last legends tour,they have included 1 more player-Jorg Rosskopf

Dan · Mar 4, 2015

mahomedy13 said:
I wonder why they don't include the legends Liu guoliang and Ma lin.both those players have competed before with these legends in the 90's and can be considered as on the same level as them

Good question! Maybe its difficult for a player like Ma Lin to fit it in his schedule.

I think this event is such a great inititive! I hope they play one of the series in the UK

Maybe London!

TableTennisDaily · Mar 4, 2015

Press conference and first reactions after the draw. Photos by: https://www.facebook.com/ittflegendstour

Sali · Mar 4, 2015

Ma Lin wouldn't fit to this tour. He is much younger and stopped playing one year ago, while most of competitors got much older and stopped playing many years ago. Ok JMS is still playing sometimes, so he might be in a good form, but still it is far away from younger Ma Lin.

mahomedy13 · Mar 4, 2015

Sali said:
Ma Lin wouldn't fit to this tour. He is much younger and stopped playing one year ago, while most of competitors got much older and stopped playing many years ago. Ok JMS is still playing sometimes, so he might be in a good form, but still it is far away from younger Ma Lin.

Just 2 weeks ago Jorgen Persson took part in the Kuwait? Open...

UpSideDownCarl · Mar 4, 2015

I did a search, everyone on the list is born in the 1960s. Liu Gouging is born 1976 which would make him about 10 years younger than the average. Ma Lin was born in 1980.

I was thinking though, how did they choose who gets a bye and why didn't they find 2 more players so nobody needed a bye.

It is fun to see the older generation still putting on a show.

mahomedy13 · Mar 4, 2015

Is it by coincidence,that all the players names start with a 'J'...

fz29888 · Mar 4, 2015

mahomedy13 said:
Is it by coincidence,that all the players names start with a 'J'...

Nice catch! I read the poll again and found Dan made a mistake in the poll. It should be Jorg Rosskopf rather than Mikael Appelgren who participated last year

fanTT · Mar 4, 2015

This is very nice to see this kind of event and so on.

but don't you think that this event should not be organized every year?

mahomedy13 · Mar 4, 2015

Why not?I find it quite a good way to promote tt.

TTVideos · Mar 4, 2015

Jean Michel Saive vs Jorgen Persson Highlights FINAL Legends Tour 2015

http://videopay.net/video/0loN4MKvEeSMTZNAGpT1tw

Dan · Mar 4, 2015

fz29888 said:
Nice catch! I read the poll again and found Dan made a mistake in the poll. It should be Jorg Rosskopf rather than Mikael Appelgren who participated last year

Opps! Corrected now

Thanks for letting me know. Looking forward to the highlight videos now!

UpSideDownCarl · Mar 5, 2015

Dan said:
Opps! Corrected now

Thanks for letting me know. Looking forward to the highlight videos now!

The original post does still list Applegren and not Rosskopf though and it is in more than one place in that original post.

That being said, Dan, you are still the man.

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Waldner1965 · Mar 5, 2015

What happened to Waldner in the semis?

I have never watch him miss this much in a tournament

TurboZ · Mar 5, 2015

Looks like his FH rubber is poorly glue or worn or something. He kept slipping and look at it with a doubt face. Did Donic made him use their rubber and he is not happy?

ITTF Legends Tour 2015

Who do you think will win the ITTF Legends Tour 2015?

Jan Ove Waldner

Jorgen Persson

Jorg Rosskopf

Jiang Jialiang

Jean Michel Saive

Jean Philippe Gatien

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