German Open 2017

Who do you think will win the German Open 2017

  • Fan Zhendong

    Votes: 26 48.1%
  • Xu Xin

    Votes: 6 11.1%
  • Dimitrij Ovtcharov

    Votes: 5 9.3%
  • Timo Boll

    Votes: 8 14.8%
  • Zhang Jike

    Votes: 3 5.6%
  • Jun Mizutani

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Koki Niwa

    Votes: 2 3.7%
  • Lin Gaoyuan

    Votes: 2 3.7%
  • Wong ChunTing

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Kenta Matsudaira

    Votes: 1 1.9%

  • Total voters
    54
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Now that the great shot Timo made against LGY is available to watch I have a question - Timo didn't get the point because of an umpire mistake thinking that the ball hit the table twice or was it because of something else?

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It actually bounced of that side part which belongs to the table.

Speaking of balls. There is actually an advantage for the germans here because every club plays with different balls.
 
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It actually bounced of that side part which belongs to the table.

Speaking of balls. There is actually an advantage for the germans here because every club plays with different balls.

Looking back at it now, it actually makes sense. The net in that particular place doesn't seem to be able to produce such a side bounce.
 
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you really underestimate the mindset that top sportsmen have, especially the very best of them. A player with true winning mentality, which I'm sure ML or XX are, would never blame their defeat on outside factors wrongly for it would discredit both themselves and their opponents. Top table tennis players - Chinese or European - are notorious for their sportsmanship.
I did not hear Mizutani or Le Sangsu complaining about the ball, so according to you all world had the balls before and hide it for the China? The other thing is if you think if they usualy do not complain so now when they do it must be very true and it was unfair, come on they lost.
 
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