London 2012 Olympics (Teams)

YosuaYosan · Aug 5, 2012

Epic deciding match between South Korea and Portugal!

azlan · Aug 5, 2012

Ryu is just too strong....great match nevertheless. I'm quite surprised it went into the deciding match.

YosuaYosan · Aug 5, 2012

That's rather anti climatic but great try from Portugal!

azlan · Aug 5, 2012

I guess those who voted in the draw for Japan will go into frenzy changing their votes. But, Joo doesn't look as sharp as he used to be. He really had to work hard.

YosuaYosan · Aug 5, 2012

I agree with Sir Azlan.. Probably he is at the end of his career? Let's hope not. Kim Kyung Ah is amazing @ 35!

Anyways hero of the day is Tang Peng for acquiring 2 points for Hong Kong. Shame I didn't watch him in action since I am a short pipper now..

azlan · Aug 5, 2012

YosuaYosan said:
I agree with Sir Azlan.. Probably he is at the end of his career? Let's hope not. Kim Kyung Ah is amazing @ 35!

Anyways hero of the day is Tang Peng for acquiring 2 points for Hong Kong. Shame I didn't watch him in action since I am a short pipper now..

Ahhh, you have evolved I see. How's your game now with those short pips?

Before you know it, you'll be using Calibra or Tenergy on both sides hehe

YosuaYosan · Aug 5, 2012

azlan said:
Ahhh, you have evolved I see. How's your game now with those short pips? Before you know it, you'll be using Calibra or Tenergy on both sides hehe

Haha I do remember putting a poll with funny answers and actually what you voted came true, Sir Azlan

http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/poll.php?pollid=74&do=showresults
But I think I will never leave behind my ocassional chops

My blog will answer your questions, Sir

http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=17348&start=77

Also, I gotta say that's some fine sportmanship from Tang Peng in the last set against Koki Niwa!

jmillsy2 · Aug 5, 2012

tang peng played incredibly, he is awesome when on form to watch!
joo...i dont know. he isnt as sharp, but is still quite entertaining

him vs jang song man was really good!
hopefully korea will come thru vs hkg, then im not sure what the bronze will be like...i voted ger, but hkg really deserve it lol

should be good!

Michal_Z · Aug 6, 2012

Awesome Japanese girls!
Yeah!
They beat Singapore for the first time, they always lose to them!

Comments from Ai FUKUHARA and Sayaka HIRANO (JPN) after Japan beat Singapore 3-0 in the semifinals of the women's table tennis team event at ExCeL on Sunday.

Ai FUKUHARA:

On advancing to the final, which means Japan will win at least a silver medal: "I really don't know what to say, I can't believe it. This is one medal for three (the three-member Japanese team)."

Sayaka HIRANO:

On the win: "The reason we won is because we had nothing to lose. We had never won a team game against Singapore before, so we just went for it."

On Ai Fukuhara winning the first game against London 2012 singles bronze medallist FENG Tianwei (SIN): "She is the bronze medallist, so winning the first game was such a positive moment for us and such a negative moment for Singapore."

On their guaranteed medal in the competition: "I am so happy I can win a medal with these wonderful girls. Singapore are such a strong team - we have never beaten them before - but we tried our very best and won."

On whether they can win gold: "I really don't know. We will wait and see which team we play (China play Korea in the second semifinal on Monday). But I think if we play like we did today we can beat anyone."
"This is such an achievement for table tennis in Japan, now our goal is to win gold for the three of us. It is something Japan has been waiting for, for such a long time."
"Before this Olympic Games we were made second seeds so the expectation is very high - our ability is much better than in the last Olympic Games (Beijing 2008)."

On their support: "All our families are here - it means so much to have the support from them and the whole Japanese nation."

This was just so super match!
I love the fact they are in the final and they believe they can win!

Blackbird74 · Aug 6, 2012

My photos highlights from the weekend Men's Team action. If you switch to full-screen, there is a Show Info link on the top right with brief details of each.

Friday 3rd August Men's Team Round 1
Portugal 3-0 Great Britain
Sweden 1-3 Germany
Brazil 0-3 Hong Kong
Austria 3-0 Egypt

Saturday 4th August Men's Team Round 1
DPR Korea 1-3 Korea Rep.
China 3-1 Russian Fed.
Japan 3-0 Canada
Australia 0-3 Singapore

Sunday 5th August Men's Team Quarter-finals
China 3-0 Singapore
Japan 2-3 Hong Kong, CHN
Austria 0-3 Germany
Portugal 2-3 Korea Rep.

Older links:
Sunday 29th July, Men's and Women's Singles Round 2

Tuesday 31st July Men's Singles Quarter-Finals

Michal_Z · Aug 6, 2012

Nice, very nice pictures..
Just funny one thing..
There are 3 different photos, of Ma Long playing Shibaev and.. the man with the camera behind them 3 photos and the same pose. He is like a statue, lol

Check it!

renben · Aug 6, 2012

Dima is playing to his potential now vs ma long. Going to be an interesting match!

renben · Aug 6, 2012

Ma long is perspiring! 1-1!!!

Steven · Aug 6, 2012

When I saw the line-up before the match I thought it would be exactly the same as at the WTTTC but Ovtcharov is playing way better now..
EDIT: Wow Ovtcharov was playing great untill 1-1/9-9, he missed a high ball and after that it was all over..

renben · Aug 6, 2012

Well done Timo! Simply fantastic! The chicken wing loop is back!

TableTennisDaily · Aug 6, 2012

Timo Boll has just defeated Zhang Jike!!

Milooos · Aug 6, 2012

ma long the rapist

Blackbird74 · Aug 6, 2012

Men's Team: Semi-final Result
China 3-1 Germany

1	MA Long CHN	OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER	12-10	5-11	11-9	11-1	-	3-1

2	ZHANG Jike CHN	BOLL Timo GER	11-8	8-11	9-11	8-11	-	1-3

3	WANG Hao ZHANG Jike CHN	STEGER Bastian BOLL TimoGER	10-12	11-8	11-5	11-5	-	3-1

4	MA Long CHN	STEGER Bastian GER	11-3	11-5	11-7	-	-	3-0

Michal_Z · Aug 6, 2012

Well done Dima and Timo..
Although it looked really like Zhang was told to lose..
I dont say he was, it just looked like that..
So many errors, omg..
But great job, awesome matches, I liked it a lot..

Just the beast Ma Long, the last shot .. omfg ..

chughtai · Aug 6, 2012

steger is a dudd man if there was a better player than steger in the team germany had a great chance

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