Europe Top 16 2022

NextLevel · Feb 27, 2022

R-16
https://www.ettu.org/en/n/news/2022/february/day-one---packed-with-fierce-matches-in-montreux/
Q-F
https://www.ettu.org/en/n/news/2022/february/the-quarterfinals-at-the-2022-ccb-europe-top-16-cup/

No Dima - Timo and Franziska...

Gauzy is terribly out of form - hopefully he can figure it out...

I think tomorrow should be Darko - Franziska and Timo - Truls.

On the women's side, I think Barbora Balazova got a bad break. Hopefully she will get a better draw next time - she is now really one of the top 4 women in Europe and getting Han Ying in round 1 is just flat out unfair.

calvincandie · Feb 27, 2022

Truls just beat Timo Boll in the semi finals. This time uninjured. Truls will soon be world nr 1 I think.

Jeppe950 · Feb 27, 2022

calvincandie said:
Truls just beat Timo Boll in the semi finals. This time uninjured. Truls will soon be world nr 1 I think.

I don't think Truls will ever reach WR1, but I think he will at worst reach the top 10 if he doesn't succumb to injuries.

karupinkun · Feb 27, 2022

Truls played really well that game, but Timo is 2 to 3 weeks out of a longer injury. Of course his body in form yet. especially as you cant do most of the basics exercises with a abdominal muscle injury. You could see Timo hadnt found his touch back yet.

But like I said Truls playerdgreat, but in my eyes he is quite overhyped. He will never be Nr1 and will even struggle to hit the top10. Maybe he will prove me wrong.

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Feb 27, 2022

Truls played superbly, Timo is not in full form, but i don't think anyone could have done anything against him playing like this apart from Fan Zhendong...

Truls was in the zone the whole match, he's played superbly against Lebesson, and proved mental strength against Karlsson, down 3-7 in the 7th...

I'm quickly becoming a huge fan !

JeffM · Feb 27, 2022

Franziska had a really good performance against a well performing Gionis, but in his next match was not enough against Darko who played very well and bold. It looks like he was having trouble dealing with Darko's backhand serve.

Truls vs Darko will be interesting, 2 young aggressive players.

NextLevel · Feb 27, 2022

https://www.ettu.tv/en-int/playerpage/1214243

The final - in game 5 right now...

Takkyu_wa_inochi · Feb 27, 2022

Darko happy with that net at 10-10 in Game6...

NextLevel · Feb 27, 2022

Why did Darko wear Swedish colors... 😁

Europe's future is in good hands.

vvk1 · Feb 27, 2022

Cracking match. High time to see a new generation of European players duking it out in the final.

NextLevel · Feb 27, 2022

JeffM said:
Franziska had a really good performance against a well performing Gionis, but in his next match was not enough against Darko who played very well and bold. It looks like he was having trouble dealing with Darko's backhand serve.

Truls vs Darko will be interesting, 2 young aggressive players.

It was weird. Usually there are no secrets between Bundesliga teammates and Franziska usually plays the power singles position for Saarbrucken. Maybe a changing of the guard is near....

dajdosta · Feb 27, 2022

Encounter between teammates doesn't reveal much.
Also:
“This is the first time that I overcame him and I am very happy. It is so hard to do when you play against the players you know so well. In the beginning of three first games, I was to passive, I waited for his mistakes for long. As soon as I took initiative I regained control and I started to win,”said JORGIC.

SFF_lib · Feb 27, 2022

Truls threw his racket again. He's got a very good chance but his temper got him.

Konrad Bak · Feb 28, 2022

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Takkyu_wa_inochi · Feb 28, 2022

I think Truls physical condition dropped a lot after winning game 4. Jorgic finished very strong physically. Towards the end of G6, Truls recovered a bit, but that wasn't enough as the whole momentum already had changed.

arlentan · Feb 28, 2022

NextLevel;363798Why did Darko wear Swedish colors... 😁

Europe's future is in good hands.

They actually got their names mixed up at the start lol

https://imgur.com/a/l4AvSpD

jammmail · Feb 28, 2022

It was a good tournament to watch - wish it was a longer format/had more players. But then wouldn't be the top 16 😂

Gauzy looked so out of form - was almost embarrassed for him as he seemed no where. Timo - again doesn't look fit/match sharp but good win again for Truls.

Really pleased for Darko though - played with spirit and went for his shots - there were some fantastic points with PF that he seemed to get the better of.

Amit Mehta · Mar 1, 2022

Loosing into finals, with a 3-1 lead and then throwing your TT bat on the floor quite dangerously, what a self obsessed, delusional pro level player!!! I don't know what the organizers decided to do, If it were to me, I would ban him for a season at the very least. Pro players getting away with these kind of behavior should not be tolerated at all.

SFF_lib · Mar 1, 2022

Amit Mehta said:
Loosing into finals, with a 3-1 lead and then throwing your TT bat on the floor quite dangerously, what a self obsessed, delusional pro level player!!! I don't know what the organizers decided to do, If it were to me, I would ban him for a season at the very least. Pro players getting away with these kind of behavior should not be tolerated at all.

Agree. He will mature after a ban.

Wang Chuqin got banned by CTTA for 3 months after throwing his racket.

He had matured more with a calmer manners ever since.

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Manto76 · Mar 1, 2022

Amit Mehta said:
... I would ban him for a season at the very least. Pro players getting away with these kind of behavior should not be tolerated at all.

I'm not so sure - that seems a bit overboard to me.

I agree that there should be some consequence, but the consequence should be proportionate to the wrongdoing and a season ban seems too much. Maybe 3 months as suggested by SFF_lib is better?

How are similar transgressions penalised in tennis, for example? What about docking players 5% (for example) of their ITTF world ranking points?

We certainly want professional sportspeople to behave like professionals but, at the same time, we don't want pro-level sport to become entirely sterile. Players should be allowed to express frustration, anger, joy, etc within reasonable boundaries - and suffer proportionate penalties if they go too far.

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