Bulgaria Open 2017

Round of 32 Video Highlights:

Kenta Matsudaira vs Robert Gardos



Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs Kirill Skachkov

rainneverever said:

I don't quite agree. Tier 1 CNT players (4-5, the lineup for OG and WTTC team events) do not steal away the opportunities of Tier 2 players. They just perform better in trials, natioanl tournaments and CTTSL. If you look at the medalists of China National Games and National Championships, almost all are Tier 1 players. CTTSL MVPs are all Tier 1 players.
An extreme example is FZD. Much younger than FB and YA, he surpassed them very quickly.

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Good point Rain,

I just think if Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin and Zhang Jike were never introduced to table tennis and took up a different sport like basketball or badminton, the top 3 players in the world would still be from China.

Ovtcharov vs Aruna insanely spectacular match!

Some key numbers from the semifinal between Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Quadri Aruna last night

Result 4:3 (11:6; 9:11; 8:11; 8:11; 11:4; 11:8; 11:6)

Total number of points, made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 69
Total number of points, made by Quadri Aruna: 57

Total number of points, made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov on own service: 34
Success rate for Dimitrij Ovtcharov on own service: 53,12

Total number of points, made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov when receiving the opponent service: 35
Success rate for Dimitrij Ovtcharov when receiving the opponent service: 56,45

Total number of points, made by Quadri Aruna on own service: 27
Success rate for Quadri Aruna on own service: 43,55

Total number of points, made by Quadri Aruna when receiving the opponent service: 30
Success rate for Quadri Aruna when receiving the opponent service: 46,88

Most consecutive points won by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 6
Most consecutive points won by Quadri Aruna: 5

Number of winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 26
Number of forehand winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 18
Number of backhand winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 8

Number of winners made by Quadri Aruna: 17
Number of forehand winners made by Quadri Aruna: 15
Number of backhand winners made by Quadri Aruna: 2

Number of errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 40
Number of forehand errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 16
Number of backhand errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 24

Number of errors made by Quadri Aruna: 43
Number of forehand errors made by Quadri Aruna: 26
Number of backhand errors made by Quadri Aruna: 17

Number of topspin winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 19
Number of forehand topspin winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 14
Number of backhand topspin winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 5

Number of topspin winners made by Quadri Aruna: 14
Number of forehand topspin winners made by Quadri Aruna: 14

Number of topspin errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 21
Number of forehand topspin errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 13
Number of backhand topspin errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 8

Number of topspin errors made by Quadri Aruna: 20
Number of forehand topspin errors made by Quadri Aruna: 19
Number of backhand topspin errors made by Quadri Aruna: 1

Number of block errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 6
Number of forehand block errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 1
Number of backhand block errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 5

Number of block errors made by Quadri Aruna: 6
Number of backhand block errors made by Quadri Aruna: 6

Number of push errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 5
Number of backhand push errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 5

Number of push errors made by Quadri Aruna: 11
Number of forehand push errors made by Quadri Aruna: 6
Number of backhand push errors made by Quadri Aruna: 5

Number of winners made from the forehand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 6
Number of winners made from the middle by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 8
Number of winners made from the backhand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 12 (eight were placed to the forehand of Aruna)

Number of winners made from the forehand side of the table by Quadri Aruna: 4
Number of winners made from the middle by Quadri Aruna: 5
Number of winners made from the backhand side by Quadri Aruna: 8

Number of errors made from the forehand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 9
Number of errors made from the middle by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 17 (11 of which with the backhand)
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 14

Number of errors made from Zone 1 by Quadri Aruna: 6
Number of errors made from Zone 2 by Quadri Aruna: 17 (12 with the forehand of which 9 were attempted to the middle of the Ovtcharov side of the table)
Number of errors made from Zone 3 by Quadri Aruna: 20 (8 with the forehand)

Number of forehand push errors made from the middle by Quadri Aruna: 6
Number of backhand push errors made from the middle by Quadri Aruna: 4

Some key numbers from the semifinal between Kenta Matsudaira and Kenta Tazoe last night

Result 4:1 (11:7; 11:4; 11:8; 7:11; 12:10)

Total number of points, made by Kenta Matsudaira: 52
Total number of points, made by Kenta Tazoe: 40

Total number of points, made by Kenta Matsudaira on own service: 27
Success rate for Kenta Matsudaira on own service: 58,7%

Total number of points, made by Kenta Matsudaira when receiving the opponent service: 25
Success rate for Kenta Matsudaira when receiving the opponent service: 54,35%

Total number of points, made by Kenta Tazoe on own service: 21
Success rate for Kenta Tazoe on own service: 45,65%

Total number of points, made by Kenta Tazoe when receiving the opponent service: 19
Success rate for Kenta Tazoe when receiving the opponent service: 41,3%

Most consecutive points won by Kenta Matsudaira: 8
Most consecutive points won by Kenta Tazoe: 5

Number of winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 15
Number of forehand winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 12
Number of backhand winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 3

Number of winners made by Kenta Tazoe: 7
Number of forehand winners made by Kenta Tazoe: 4
Number of backhand winners made by Kenta Tazoe: 3

Number of errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 33
Number of forehand errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 14
Number of backhand errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 19

Number of errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 37
Number of forehand errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 21
Number of backhand errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 16

Number of topspin winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 12
Number of forehand topspin winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 10
Number of backhand topspin winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 2

Number of topspin winners made by Kenta Tazoe: 5
Number of forehand topspin winners made by Kenta Tazoe: 4
Number of backhand topspin winners made by Kenta Tazoe: 1

Number of topspin errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 16
Number of forehand topspin errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 9
Number of backhand topspin errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 7

Number of topspin errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 18
Number of forehand topspin errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 10
Number of backhand topspin errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 8

Number of block errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 8
Number of backhand block errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 8

Number of block errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 5
Number of backhand block errors made by Kenta Tazoe: 5

Number of winners made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 3
Number of winners made from the middle by Kenta Matsudaira: 4
Number of winners made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 7 (of which 5 were made with forehand)

Number of winners made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Tazoe: 3
Number of winners made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Tazoe: 4

Number of errors made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 5
Number of errors made from the middle by Kenta Matsudaira: 5
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 19 (of which 4 with forehand and 9 of them were supposed to go to the forehand side of the opponent)

Number of backhand block errors made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 8 (5 of them were supposed to go to the forehand side of the opponent)

Number of errors made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Tazoe: 5
Number of errors made from the middle by Kenta Tazoe: 4
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Tazoe: 18 (of which 6 with forehand and 7 of them were supposed to go to the forehand side of the opponent)

So.
Yeatserday's matches were sick!
Quadri vs Dima - superb! The crowd was going crazy sometimes.
Mima Ito is the new terminator.
And Kenta M. was just too god for the other Kenta.
Here are abot 120 pictures in OK quality -> https://www.flickr.com/photos/131351946@N06/sets/72157685379680073 If someone wants a picture in better quality (full res) - just PM me here. I'm not a Pro photographer, so I don't care. It's just easier to upload resized pictures
I hope you enjoy those. There are some really interesting shots, I think
And now to the car and to the finals!


Update:

reuploaded the album. Now all pictures are available in higher resolution.
Enjoy
VIMG_4361 by Vasil Stoev, on Flickr

Did you count them or do you have some software for that

Today was another (and, sadly, the last) great day of table tennis in Bulgaria.
Here's the link for an album with today's photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/131351946@N06/albums/72157685311511694 I hope you guys like those.
VIMG_4798 by Vasil Stoev, on Flickr

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:

Did you count them or do you have some software for that

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Software

TableTennisDaily said:

Which software? Awesome job!

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Well I made it for myself (actually it is not ready, but can be used for me) and because I was there I decided to check how it is work

Kenta Matsudaira vs Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Result 1:4 (11:9; 7:11; 4:11; 9:11; 9:11)

Total number of points, made by Kenta Matsudaira: 40
Total number of points, made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 53

Total number of points, made by Kenta Matsudaira on own service: 19
Success rate for Kenta Matsudaira on own service: 41,3%

Total number of points, made by Kenta Matsudaira when receiving the opponent service: 21
Success rate for Kenta Matsudaira when receiving the opponent service: 44,68%

Total number of points, made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov on own service: 26
Success rate for Dimitrij Ovtcharov on own service: 55,32%

Total number of points, made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov when receiving the opponent service: 27
Success rate for Dimitrij Ovtcharov when receiving the opponent service: 58,7%

Most consecutive points won by Kenta Matsudaira: 6
Most consecutive points won by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 8

Number of winners made by Kenta Matsudaira: 10 (8 with forehand topspin)

Number of winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 14 (9 with backhand)

Number of errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 39
Number of forehand errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 21
Number of backhand errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 18

Number of errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 30
Number of forehand errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 14
Number of backhand errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 16

Number of topspin winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 11
Number of forehand topspin winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 5
Number of backhand topspin winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 6

Number of topspin errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 26
Number of forehand topspin errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 16 (6 of which were performed from the backhand side of the table)
Number of backhand topspin errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 10

Number of topspin errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 19
Number of forehand topspin errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 12 (5 of which were performed from the middle of the table)
Number of backhand topspin errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 7 (4 of which were performed from the middle of the table)

Number of block errors made by Kenta Matsudaira: 5 (4 with backhand)

Number of block errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 5 (all with backhand)

Number of flick winners made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 3 (all with backhand)
Number of flick errors made by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 3 (all with backhand)

Number of winners made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 4
Number of winners made from the middle by Kenta Matsudaira: 2
Number of winners made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 4

Number of winners made from the forehand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 4
Number of winners made from the middle by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 6
Number of winners made from the backhand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 4

Number of errors made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 9
Number of errors made from the middle by Kenta Matsudaira: 8
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 20 (6 with forehand)

Number of errors made from the forehand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 7 (2 were supposed to go to the backhand of Matsudaira)
Number of errors made from the middle by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 13 (7 with backhand)
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table by Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 8

Number of errors made from the forehand side of the table to the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 5
Number of errors made from the middle to the middle by Kenta Matsudaira: 6
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table to the forehand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 6
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table to the middle by Kenta Matsudaira: 4
Number of errors made from the backhand side of the table to the backhand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 10 (3 with forehand)

Number of forehand topspin winners made from the forehand side of the table by Kenta Matsudaira: 4 (all ended on the Ovtcharov's forehand side)

Great job sjuesju!

It's a little offtopic, but ITTF will try out using multiple balls during each match in Czech Open, just like in Chinese Superleague or T2APAC League.

Those photographs are great, thanks for posting.

I wonder if Dima in current form can challenge the CNT ??