Who do you think will win the Men's World Cup?

  • Fan Zhendong

    Votes: 55 74.3%
  • Timo Boll

    Votes: 10 13.5%
  • Lin Gaoyuan

    Votes: 4 5.4%
  • Dimitrij Ovtcharov

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lee Sangsu

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • Tomokazu Harimoto

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • Wong Chun Ting

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Hugo Calderano

    Votes: 2 2.7%
  • Simon Gauzy

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other (Post Below)

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Total voters
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Now as the other semi final is between two german players, Lin Gaoyuan probably will be forced to loose, as FZD gives more hopes(theoretically)
Nah, who ever loses still gets the 3rd place match so I think the best man will be decided in the match.
 
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Nah, who ever loses still gets the 3rd place match so I think the best man will be decided in the match.
I think FZD could beat more easily both players, but about this, my chinese coach told me about things work like this in CNT, but just in case if the other finalist is non-chinese, otherwise it's not like this. [emoji14]

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So far Timo looks like no motivation, he is slow and not fighting.

Tbh, I feel like he always holds back a little bit when he plays against Dimitri, maybe because he is a close friend - I don't know.

But rewatch the point in the 2nd set from 10-5 to 10-6. How he moves in this extent with ducking/dodging, whatever you want to call it. I have only seen this type of moving by much younger players or by Timo Boll frequently around 6 years ago (e.g. 2012 Olympics) :) Footwork however looks bad, especially wide balls, maybe injury on one leg.
 
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Results from Day 2 (Sat 20 October 2018)

Round of 16:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:0 Gustavo Tsuboi [16] (11:7, 11:9, 11:6, 11:8)
[15] Vladimir Samsonov 4:1 Wong Chun Ting [8] (11:6, 12:10, 11:9, 7:11, 11:7)

[8] Koki Niwa 4:1 Jonathan Groth [12] (11:8, 11:5, 4:11, 12:10, 11:5)
[18] Kanak Jha 1:4 Lin Gaoyuan [4] (8:11, 11:6, 7:11, 6:11, 3:11)

[3] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:3 Mattias Falck [13] (11:5, 4:11, 7:11, 13:11, 11:3, 5:11, 12:10)
[10] Simon Gauzy 3:4 Lee Sangsu [5] (6:11, 11:4, 11:6, 7:11, 11:6, 8:11, 8:11)

[6] Tomokazu Harimoto 4:0 Jeong Sangeun [11] (11:6, 11:6, 11:7, 11:7)
[17] Emmanuel Lebesson 1:4 Timo Boll [2] (8:11, 11:8, 8:11, 5:11, 7:11)


Quarter-finals:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:0 Vladimir Samsonov [15] (11:3, 11:6, 12:10, 11:6)
[8] Koki Niwa 1:4 Lin Gaoyuan [4] (10:12, 11:5, 12:14, 9:11, 5:11)

[3] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:3 Lee Sangsu [5] (11:7, 11:5, 11:13, 9:11, 5:11, 11:5, 11:5)
[6] Tomokazu Harimoto 1:4 Timo Boll [2] (11:9, 3:11, 11:13, 5:11, 9:11)


Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2875/liebherr-mens-world-cup/
 
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Is it just me or have Fan Zhendong's legs gotten even bigger?

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It's like a sequela coupled with old age, Boll's right quads have never been able to take excessive load for an extended time ever since 2015. He limps whenever he pushes himself over the limits.
 
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