European Championships 2018

JesperStef · Sep 22, 2018

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:
seriously who are these guys ? were they competing in the Eurovision contest ???

Sadly, no

The Cartoons were a Danish band championing an unusual genre blend of rockabilly and eurodance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoons_(band)

The result was - as you can tell - absolutely awesome!!!

Sali · Sep 22, 2018

great win for Grzybowska, Dodean was crying after match, she could not handle have backspin pushes to her BH.

TableTennisDaily · Sep 22, 2018

Timo Boll vs Liam Pitchford live here:

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Full match live on Laola.tv here.

Sali · Sep 22, 2018

Timo Boll maybe do no play with all effort but his strategy and vicibility of opponents weakness makes him one of the best player in the world

Xylit · Sep 22, 2018

Ovtcharov vs Samsonov commencing at table 1. Dan is co-commentating

Garrison · Sep 22, 2018

Germans dominating so far. 3 through, 2 more possible.

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Sep 22, 2018

Garrison said:
Germans dominating so far. 3 through, 2 more possible.

could it be the Duda day again ? he will be playing Franziska in QF

Xylit · Sep 22, 2018

"The 42-year old bouncing around like a teenager here."

Best comment ever towards Samsonov

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Sep 22, 2018

Is Dima finished ?

v100ev · Sep 22, 2018

Samsonov played really well this match. He was moving well, great shot selection as always. Congrats to him!

WorkerBee · Sep 22, 2018

Samsonov beat Ovtcharov, 4 to 2 to get into the quarter finals!!!!!

TTHopeful · Sep 22, 2018

Samsonov into the quarters!!!

Konrad Bak · Sep 22, 2018

great form Marcos Freitas

jedimasterplk · Sep 22, 2018

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:
Is Dima finished ?

I genuinely think so. He was never super talented - just worked hard and muscles through everything. Age and time definitely impact that sort of style much much faster than someone with finesse - Waldner, Samsonov, even Karakasevic to some extent.

Jonathan_ · Sep 22, 2018

Halfway through the day and it has been an awesome one.

De Nutte and Ni Xia Lian put on a tactical masterclass against the clueless Li Jie/Li Qian. Pretty much flawless throughout the entire match.
Now they are playing Mittelham/Lang and have a great chance.

Sabine Winter was very impressive against Li Jie. Controlled aggression and really good execution for the most part.

Franziska was almost perfect against Apolonia and is a huge threat to Boll IMO (who was playing better today than previously).

Samsonov is amazing, not much else can be said.

Highlight of the day (by far!) was Karlsson-Kou Lei. Kristian came back from 3-1 and 5-0 in the 6th (plus probably some other comebacks). Best match I've seen in these championships so far. Should be interesting against Freitas.

Sali · Sep 22, 2018

jedimasterplk said:
I genuinely think so. He was never super talented - just worked hard and muscles through everything. Age and time definitely impact that sort of style much much faster than someone with finesse - Waldner, Samsonov, even Karakasevic to some extent.

That is not all true. His shots have a lot of power and this is his great advantage. Of course he lacks of footwork and age will not be his advantage in that case. It is also possible that he will change his strategy like Timo Boll taking ball early and play more spin and compete at high level again.

TTLondon2012 · Sep 22, 2018

Round 16

Ilia Minkin · Sep 22, 2018

Sali said:
That is not all true. His shots have a lot of power and this is his great advantage. Of course he lacks of footwork and age will not be his advantage in that case. It is also possible that he will change his strategy like Timo Boll taking ball early and play more spin and compete at high level again.

Dima was injured and spent several months without training at all, just recovering so that he can play without pain. It takes a lot of time to bounce back after such break. The same thing happened with Timo, after his injury in 2015 everybody was posting "Oh, Timo is done", now he shows amazing table tennis.

Garrison · Sep 22, 2018

lol. Dima was at his peak at German Open 2017, not even a year afterwards he is suddenly too old? It is known that Dima is a very flow dependent player that needs to have a good feeling to play well. He hasn't found his rhythm since injury/illness

ping fun · Sep 22, 2018

Takkyu_wa_inochi said:
Is Dima finished ?

Yes same as Ishikawa

European Championships 2018

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