Who do you think will win the 2016 World Ping Pong Championships?

  • Andrew Baggaley

    Votes: 9 42.9%
  • Alexander Flemming

    Votes: 3 14.3%
  • Maxim Shmyrev

    Votes: 6 28.6%
  • Lubomir Pistej

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • Andrew Rushton

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • Gavin Rumgay

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Chris Doran

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lilja Lupulesku

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ying Yu

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • Other (Post Below)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    21
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LAST 16 RESULTS

Andrew Baggaley 2-0 Paul McCreery
Richard Gonzalez 2-1 Dmytry Popov
Andrew Rushton 2-0 Zbigniew Leszczynski
Reginald Kraiijenbrink 0-2 Lubomir Pistej
Maxim Shmyrev 2-0 Ashley Stokes
Li Lei 1-2 Gavin Rumgay
Christopher Doran 2-0 Chen Jie
Ewgenij Milchin 1-2 Alexander Flemming
 
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Quarter Final Schedule

Andrew Baggaley vs Richard Gonzalez
Andrew Rushton 2 vs Lubomir Pistej
Maxim Shmyrev vs Gavin Rumgay
Christopher Doran vs Alexander Flemming

Matches will begin on Sky Sports @ 6pm GMT. London
 
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Oooweeee. Nice vid, Dan. These guys and gal(s) are pretty good.

I think that there is such a big acceptance and such a buzz about this form of our beloved tabletennis, is because this type of the game is not that much based on spin like tabletennis with inverted rubbers, and hence much easier to understand for the average Joe who doesn't really know what spin is and what spin can do.

But please don't get me wrong. No belittleling right here.

These players are really good, and honestly i'm not sure if i could beat one of them, even if i was allowed to use inverted rubbers, since i hardly play against players using these kinda rackets...

Agreed, I think it is the buzz, people are loving the game here in the UK especially that its on main stream TV Sky Sports! It's pretty fantastic!

Yeah they are very good. To be honest I thought I would have a chance, but they all destroyed me haha. I struggled to win any set during the practice session (as seen in the video) :)
 
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TableTennisDaily player Dean Cundy in action at the World Championships of Ping Pong this weekend!

Look at his focus! :)

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With the World Champ!

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We have a champion! Andrew Baggaley! <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="6" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA8SXITracf/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Andrew Baggaley is the 2016 World Ping Pong Champion</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by TableTennisDaily (@tabletennisdaily) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2016-01-25T00:31:07+00:00">Jan 24, 2016 at 4:31pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote>
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I am thinking a lot of these players are guys who played smooth with sponge, learned technique with sponge and then learned to adapt the technique to hardbat. Is that accurate?

How many of these guys are hardbat purists who never play with sponge and never have (or basically never)?

One thing I have to say that I think sad about this:

LOOK WHAT GREAT PRIZE MONEY these guys will earn and how many ITTF World Tour tournaments have a a much lower payout and less sponsorship. How come table tennis has so much trouble getting in the limelight and "Ping Pong" seems not to.

Well, I know, Suga_D really already explained this.


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Its easy..Just look at how many table tennis tournaments you got per year. And then look at how many pingpong tournaments you got per year..
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