Men's World Cup 2017

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Oct 22, 2017

He did it !!!! and now Simon Gauzy to win !!!

RidTheKid · Oct 22, 2017

Well this was unexpected. Surely Timo deserves credit, but would this have happened with LGL in the corner?

TableTennisDaily · Oct 22, 2017

Timo, Timo, Timo!

UNREAL!!! Timo Boll defeats Ma Long in an insane 7 set thriller! History has been made!!!

TableTennis BelgiumTV · Oct 22, 2017

Timo Boll, Hero !

drunix80 · Oct 22, 2017

Completely gutted for dragon's loss. But full credit to Timo . He looked like the better player all throughout. Now, does CNT call LGL back ??

Shifu · Oct 22, 2017

Congratulations to Timo but Ma Long did not look like he was in form. I heard he is still suffering from injury.

AndySmith · Oct 22, 2017

RidTheKid said:
Well this was unexpected. Surely Timo deserves credit, but would this have happened with LGL in the corner?

The CNT looks like a basket case at the moment and ML looked wobbly under pressure, but Timo played some of the best stuff I've ever seen him play to apply that pressure so I'm not going to second guess it. Some of his backhands were so good it's hard to put into words.

AndySmith · Oct 22, 2017

Fabian said:
Congratulations to Timo but Ma Long did not look like he was in form. I heard he is still suffering from injury.

Hahhahaha - shhhhhhhhhhh. Don't ruin it!

TableTennisDaily · Oct 22, 2017

BOOM! A right handed Timo!

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sanavasaraja · Oct 22, 2017

Getting an appointment at the cardiologist right now. This was not good for my blood pressure. Timo is just unbelievably solid currently

TTHopeful · Oct 22, 2017

Highlights please I missed it!!

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Oct 22, 2017

I don't think MA Long was injured but he wasn't at his best, especially mentally. In the 6th and 7th he made unusual mistakes. I think he's always been quite afraid of Boll, even at the WTTC2017 he had some luck to make it easier to close it 4-2. This time Boll had a lot of unreal reaction shots and that affected MA Long's confidence.

Come on Timo !!!! it would be a pity if he doesn't win this tournament after winning against the 2 Chinese

Cornel · Oct 22, 2017

I tuned in right at the moment when it was 3-3 and 10-10 and it took me a good 5 seconds to realize what was happening and to yell at my brother to come and watch it. Go Timo!!!

fxri · Oct 22, 2017

what a performance by timo boll, congratulation

finally non chinese final

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Oct 22, 2017

Cornel said:
I tuned in right at the moment when it was 3-3 and 10-10 and it took me a good 5 seconds to realize what was happening and to yell at my brother to come and watch it. Go Timo!!!

you missed all the fun before

SFF_lib · Oct 22, 2017

Timo did it again like back in 2005 when he defeated Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Wang Hao.

Great to see history repeats itself.

I hope this will cause TT to become more popular in Europe.

Garrison · Oct 22, 2017

The game was so different to the WTTC match. It appeared that having the service was actually a disadvantage here. Does anyone remember the last time ML lost to an european?

Michal_Z · Oct 22, 2017

yoass said:
I don’t think so. At some level, it’s highly important for Ma Long to win.

He is untouchable while on top, but I don’t think the loss of face China was perceived to suffer when Dima took the China Open title in an all-foreign final after the CNT top 3 forfeited has been forgotten. The one thing between punishment and stay of execution is to stay top dog.

That’s pressure there, especially with his birthday serving to remind that he’s getting to be old for a CNT #1. You may well call these pressures strong motivation.

So I think we will see a highly focused and razorsharp dragon in action today. Should Timo overcome, that would be quite a feat — and maybe also the onset of Ma Long’s retirement, probably followed promptly by a quick and sharp fall from grace.

He deserves better, much better, but history doesn’t quite smell like roses in these matters.

Take that back, Timo has done it

SFF_lib · Oct 22, 2017

drunix80 said:
My wild prediction - All german final. Dima lifts the cup. Beginning of the end of chinese domination.

You might well be right!!!! All depends on Gauzy!!

I would love to see a multi-polar world in TT. At least countries outside China would start investing more in TT because China is no longer dominating.

anchorschmidt · Oct 22, 2017

You will always make "unusual mistakes" when your opponent is playing well and putting pressure on you.

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