T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League 2017!

Ilia Minkin · Jun 28, 2017

Yet the async between video and audio streams is so frustrating. Kills the excitement. They seemed to fix it for a while, then it slipped off again.

Garrison · Jun 28, 2017

It's pretty refreshing to see something new. Quick games, I also like the idea that every set counts so you have to keep fighting. I just hope that ittf doesn't get any ideas if this league is a success... I still don't want our sport to be made into some game show

lukyancheg · Jun 28, 2017

Garrison said:
It's pretty refreshing to see something new. Quick games, I also like the idea that every set counts so you have to keep fighting. I just hope that ittf doesn't get any ideas if this league is a success... I still don't want our sport to be made into some game show

I think at least the idea of using a few balls is very reasonable, but it is difficult to implement in ittf tournaments because of a lot of tables at the stadium

NextLevel · Jun 28, 2017

Garrison said:
It's pretty refreshing to see something new. Quick games, I also like the idea that every set counts so you have to keep fighting. I just hope that ittf doesn't get any ideas if this league is a success... I still don't want our sport to be made into some game show

Why not? The most important thing is for our sport to have a commercially viable and publicly respected model.

Astorix · Jun 28, 2017

You can easily implement the thing with more balls to ittf worldtour, when you do it just at quarterfinals when there is only the main hall left with 4 tables or less. It would make the games more suitable for the tv format and more or less for the Overall spectators too, i think.

TTLondon2012 · Jun 28, 2017

Tomokazu Harimoto vs Aleksander Shibaev

yuri.saldon · Jun 28, 2017

I saw it live and liked it. The best thing of this t2apac it's see high level matches playing constantly.

Audio/video wasn't sinc, but probably will be in future streams.

The ideia to cut the time to pick ball is great (I know it's a Chinese Super League idea). Because in a TT match player as more time picking ball than playing

Sent from my 2014819 using Tapatalk

WorkerBee · Jun 28, 2017

It seems these are ITTF sanctioned matches. Does this mean they are included in all the players' ranking records? If so, that will add a lot of importance to the matches. Sure hope Jeff Chue (league CEO) is a half-way honorable person.

Tony's Table Tennis · Jun 28, 2017

WorkerBee said:
It seems these are ITTF sanctioned matches. .

Where in the world did you get this information from?
even if it is a sanctioned match, not all of them are for world ranking

Mytoman · Jun 28, 2017

This event does not give ranking points. Too see the events, take a look here http://old.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf2.asp?category=calendar . You can also see that the Indian League is "registered", but even that will not give ranking points.

TTLondon2012 · Jun 28, 2017

Joo Se Hyuk vs Shang Kun

Steven · Jun 28, 2017

So... Anyone know why they decided to use tables without a line in the middle?

NextLevel · Jun 28, 2017

Because the line is useless unless you are playing doubles and potentially ruins the aesthetics to someone who isn't used ti the line?

TTFrenzy · Jun 28, 2017

JJ really passionate in harimoto's match its great to see coaches getting involved instead of just sitting in the chair

TTFrenzy · Jun 28, 2017

http://www.tnp.sg/sports/others/t2-apac-basic-rules

Dont know if anyone else posted this but it seems a formidable effort to make TT less boring, lets hope they find other ways also to improve the spectale/viewership

rainneverever · Jun 28, 2017

http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/polishing-diamond-that-is-ping-pong
An interview with the sponsor last Dec, if you wonder where the prize money is from.

TTLondon2012 · Jun 28, 2017

Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs Jun Mizutani

Steven · Jun 28, 2017

NextLevel said:
Because the line is useless unless you are playing doubles and potentially ruins the aesthetics to someone who isn't used ti the line?

Personally I'd rather buy a table with a useless line than a custom table that is useless whenever you want to play doubles. But I guess money's not a problem here.

fxri · Jun 29, 2017

can anyone write the complete rules for this tournament please

yuri.saldon · Jun 29, 2017

Here it's the rules, from : http://www.tnp.sg/sports/others/t2-apac-basic-rules
Players have to win as many games as they can within a 24-minute match.
First player to reach 11 points wins the game. Unlike the traditional format, deuce will not be introduced when the score is 10-10. A player can win 11-10.
If time expires when a game is in progress, the player in the lead wins the game.
The clock stops only during one-minute breaks after every two games, at team captains' time-outs, and when a Kill Zone Game is called.The referee can call for a Kill Zone game if an earlier game is completed in the last two minutes of a match.
The first player to score five points clinches the Kill Zone game.
Team captains may call for a time-out only once in each match.
Each game won is a point earned for a player's individual tally and for the team's overall points.

Sent from my 2014819 using Tapatalk

T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League 2017!

Which team do you think will win?

Team Maze: (Timo Boll, Chen Chien-An, Aleksandr Shibaev)

Team JJ: (Vladimir Samsonov, Chuang Chih-Yuan, Tomokazu Harimoto)

Team Persson: (Jun Mizutani, Joo Saehyuk, Mattias Karsson)

Team Rossi: (Dmitrij Ovtcharov, Shang Kun, Paul Drinkhall)

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Member

Well-Known Member

Member

Well-Known Member

Member

Member

Well-Known Member

Member

Well-Known Member

Review Moderator

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Review Moderator

Member

Member

Similar threads