Men's World Cup 2018

drunix80 · Oct 21, 2018

NextLevel said:
We all know the result, the only question is how many games can Timo get...

Timo got one. Not bad. FZD always looked invincible in this event except for the first two games against LGY. One marked difference in FZD's gameplay in this event is his patience to wait it out to strike instead of trying to hammer everything.

zeio · Oct 21, 2018

Giangt · Oct 21, 2018

zeio said:

Timo: If you haven't beaten LGY I would have won the WC once again... (SIGH)

NextLevel · Oct 21, 2018

drunix80 said:
Timo got one. Not bad. FZD always looked invincible in this event except for the first two games against LGY. One marked difference in FZD's gameplay in this event is his patience to wait it out to strike instead of trying to hammer everything.

Marked difference? I actually disagree. If anything, FZD is known for his consistency. Where I agree with you is that he sometimes plays Chinese style and tries to hammer you with early attacks. But FZD is really at his best when he plays the Euro-looping style and relies on his consistency, power and Chinese technique to just abuse the opponent.

I think he has basically built the fitness now with Wang Hao's coaching to play that way at will. If LJK builds that fitness at well, their matches will be interesting in the future.

JesperStef · Oct 21, 2018

Results from Day 3 (Sun 21 October 2018)

Semi-finals:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:1 Lin Gaoyuan [4] (10:12, 12:10, 15:13, 11:7, 11:6)
[3] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 2:4 Timo Boll [2] (14:12, 7:11, 13:15, 11:9, 11:13, 5:11)

3rd place match:

[4] Lin Gaoyuan 4:1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov [3] (11:7, 11:9, 9:11, 11:4, 11:3)

Final:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:1 Timo Boll [2] (11:9, 11:5, 11:6, 9:11, 11:8)

Final standings:
Gold: Fan Zhendong (China) [1]
Silver: Timo Boll (Germany) [2]
Bronze: Lin Gaoyuan (China) [4]
4th place: Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) [3]

Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2875/liebherr-mens-world-cup/

RidTheKid · Oct 21, 2018

So you don't like high quality table tennis, sounds like fun.

Danny21312 said:
Doesn't look like i'm missing anything that's worth watching at the moment

Danny21312 · Oct 21, 2018

RidTheKid said:
So you don't like high quality table tennis, sounds like fun.

So you like complete domination and predictable outcome, sounds like fun.

ttmonster · Oct 21, 2018

But I have the feeling LJK is not as smart as FZD from a game sense perspective .. technique was its close but FZD has better sense of how to approach a point given a game situation

NextLevel said:
Marked difference? I actually disagree. If anything, FZD is known for his consistency. Where I agree with you is that he sometimes plays Chinese style and tries to hammer you with early attacks. But FZD is really at his best when he plays the Euro-looping style and relies on his consistency, power and Chinese technique to just abuse the opponent.

I think he has basically built the fitness now with Wang Hao's coaching to play that way at will. If LJK builds that fitness at well, their matches will be interesting in the future.

NextLevel · Oct 21, 2018

ttmonster said:
But I have the feeling LJK is not as smart as FZD from a game sense perspective .. technique was its close but FZD has better sense of how to approach a point given a game situation

Yes, rainneverever has said as much, but it is partly experience as well as fitness. Success sometimes feeds itself and when you are fitter, your options and confidence expand. In terms of power, he is the only person I think of and compare to FZD.

RidTheKid · Oct 21, 2018

That's in your head. I love the highest quality table tennis, and we surely got it. We've had whiners on this forum before who complained that seeing chinese tt is so boring, the response is the same: who's twisting your arm forcing you to watch it? I think you need to find a new hobby because this domination isn't ending anytime soon.

Danny21312 said:
So you like complete domination and predictable outcome, sounds like fun.

Danny21312 · Oct 21, 2018

RidTheKid said:
That's in your head. I love the highest quality table tennis, and we surely got it. We've had whiners on this forum before who complained that seeing chinese tt is so boring, the response is the same: who's twisting your arm forcing you to watch it? I think you need to find a new hobby because this domination isn't ending anytime soon.

Whatever man. You do you. I hope you'll have fun watching the chinese continue dominating forever. Different strokes for different folks i guess.

RidTheKid · Oct 21, 2018

Definitely. I'm just curious, what do you think that you'll achieve by airing your negativity here about the best table tennis on this planet?

Danny21312 said:
Whatever man. You do you. I hope you'll have fun watching the chinese continue dominating forever. Different strokes for different folks i guess.

Danny21312 · Oct 21, 2018

RidTheKid said:
Definitely. I'm just curious, what do you think that you'll achieve by airing your negativity here about the best table tennis on this planet?

How does me just saying my opinion airs negativity? Is it forbidden to say anything that contradicts what most of the members in this forum (i'm assuming) like?

ttmonster · Oct 21, 2018

Guys just lay off ...

Danny21312 said:
How does me just saying my opinion airs negativity? Is it forbidden to say anything that contradicts what most of the members in this forum (i'm assuming) like?

ping fun · Oct 21, 2018

zeio said:

FZD could win Dima and hari like piece a of cake , I know its a Joke but timo was the strongest of these three .

zeio · Oct 21, 2018

Right, Boll also happens to be the only one out of the 3 to have never scored a win over FZD.

jamesmith · Oct 22, 2018

pls don,t argue and angry with each other, enjoy table tennis is the main thing, Chinese is helping other countries, they send a lot coaches and players outside , hoping that the other countries and catch up . It is not a crime to win all the time, the other countries should try hard to catch up. Look at this way, we try to enjoy to see if other countries to beat the Chinese, if not , we should just enjoy the game. FZD plays good table tennis, Timo has a very good experience, they both good players.

jamesmith · Oct 22, 2018

Timo also dominate in Europe, are we still watching him? yes of-course

Loopadoop · Oct 22, 2018

I think of it as the best players winning. If China dominates they are the best.

I do think China should open up their Super League to allow more players from other countries to compete. Be like the NBA allowing top talent from other countries.

jamesmith · Oct 22, 2018

They did before , I think it was because Japan said they will beat China and finish China's domination at Olympic and there were few inccident between China and Japan, China was worried they may lose at Olympic so they stop foreign players to play . I read something about it but I could be wrong

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