ITTF Legends Tour 2017

[TableTennisDaily]

ITTF Legends Tour 2017, 29th April, Matz, France

This Friday will see the fourth addition of the spectaculr ITTF Legends Tour which will take place in France! This tour was founded by Philippe Saive Management and now is partnered with the ITTF. The event will be LIVE on the ITTF Facebook page and youtube channel. The Legends Tour was set up to give fans across the globe another chance to see the great battles between the past legends of the game.

Live Streaming Below:

History: Jan Ove Waldner won the first ever ITTF Legend Tour in 2014 defeating Jean Michel Saive in a heroic battle. Saive claimed victory in 2015 with a win over Sweden's Jorgen Persson. In 2016 Jorgen Persson defeated team mate and rival Jan Ove Waldner to take the legends crown! Who will win this year?




Live streaming: Coming soon...


Men's Seeds:

01) Jorgen Persson
02) Jorg Rosskopf
03) Jean Michel Saive
04) Jiang Jialiang
05) Panagiotis Gionis
06) Christophe Legout

Who do you think will win the event? Stay tuned it should be a good one!

[Steven]

When did Gionis gain the title of legend? He should be able to win this tour, but that's mostly because he's still an active player.

[ajtatosmano2]

Yeah, that's a bit unfair.

[Tinykin]

Marketing, player availability, different style, pulling power, etc etc....

[suds79]

so confused by the Panagiotis Gionis option...

Well this just became the easiest poll ever. Can i get some money on this?

[TableTennisDaily]

The legends in the training hall today getting ready for tomorrows big battle!



Jorgen Persson at 1.30 hahaha

[TTHopeful]

Gionis looked uncomfortable being in that training hall lol. Looks quite out of place

[Dan]

Looking forward to this one it's always a fun event. I think Jorgen Persson will win this!

[FloKing]

I fully agree with you on Panagiotis Gionis!!
Christophe Legout is an active player as well, but he is 43 and he is quite far from his best ranking.
Gionis is 37 and still ranked 33, pretty close to his best ranking!

[ajtatosmano2]

I want Jiang Jialiang to win

[TableTennisDaily]

The final!

[FloKing]

So Gionis was out before the final! They were right to put it in the mix then!

[Dr.Block]

How can it be that Gionis didn't win this one? Does anybody have news? Was it a kind of an exhibition?

[BeGo]

How can it be that Gionis didn't win this one? Does anybody have news? Was it a kind of an exhibition?

Its a loss loss situation for him. Let say, would he like it if he win this tournament?

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[TableTennisDaily]

Jörg Rosskopf is the winner of the 2017 ITTF Legends Tour!


Photo by: Christophe Neuville, ITTF

[Michal_Z]

Any other results?
How did the draw looked like?
Who played who?

[lightspin]

How can it be that Gionis didn't win this one? Does anybody have news? Was it a kind of an exhibition?

Rosskopf beat him. Rosskopf is amazing against the chop. Even though he is primarily coaching now, he also recently beat Wang Wei in a tournament in the USA.

[Tony's Table Tennis]

why so few players
I should speak to Wu Wenjia and ask why didn't he play too

[NextLevel]

Rosskopf beat him. Rosskopf is amazing against the chop. Even though he is primarily coaching now, he also recently beat Wang Wei in a tournament in the USA.

This is the answer people don't realize. Rosskopf would give Joo or Ma Te a good game even in his current retirement age, I think he only got taken once by Evgeny in what is probably the best match Evgeny ever played.

[Xylit]

Is the match Rosskopf vs Gionis available somwhere?