Did you know... ?

jeycop · Dec 22, 2014

I would like to start a fun thread where we spread table tennis "did you know...?" facts

So i will start: Did you know that Ma Long have lost 0-3 to a non chinese player?
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He have lost 0-4 to a european player but that was in 2003, when he was 14 or 15 years old, so i don't count it

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raazzz · Dec 22, 2014

Good thread, I'm looking forward to hear some fun facts, I don't think I have anything good now but I will come back!

MegaZZ · Dec 22, 2014

jeycop said:
I would like to start a fun thread where we spread table tennis "did you know...?" facts

So i will start: Did you know that Ma Long have lost 0-3 to a non chinese player?
Video:

He have lost 0-4 to a european player but that was in 2003, when he was 14 or 15 years old, so i don't count it
Video:

Kazuhiro Chan is a chinese immigrant to Japan, his chinese name is Zhang Yibo and was born, raised and trained in China, I wouldn't count that as ML losing to a non chinese player

mahomedy13 · Dec 22, 2014

did you know that Chuang Chih Yuan won a grand final before winning a world tour?

Christine97 · Dec 28, 2014

nice idea I like ''did you know'' things, but I don't know one, sorry

xicott · Dec 28, 2014

Did you now that singaporian players Gao Ning and Feng Tianwei are sponsored by Adidas?

Christine97 · Dec 28, 2014

Did you know that Timo Boll is playing tabletennis since he was only 4, now he is 33.

Herbert · Dec 28, 2014

Did you know that Liu Guoliang lost to a 21-year old from the Netherlands at thet 2000s WTTTC? The guy runs a cafetaria now

Sa1ko · Jan 3, 2015

did you know that Jean-Michel Saive won the Belgian championship a record 25 times, losing only 5 times in his 30 appearances (whereof twice to his younger brother). He was only 15 years old when he won his first titel and by that time he was already part of the national team for 2 years. Talk about dominance!
to end this, here's a quote from wikipedia:

His father was the tenth ranking Belgian player and his mother won the Belgian ladies' doubles championships when she was pregnant with him.

You could say he was destined to play table tennis

anchorschmidt · Jan 3, 2015

Love the idea of this thread.

Did you know that Wang Hao could have been a triple grand-slam winner if he had won his three olympics finals and the two WTTC finals against ZJK?

Did you know that Timo Boll won the China Open in 2006, winning 4-2 against Wang Liqin in the finals?

vipt2000 · Jan 4, 2015

I thought Ma long lost to Chuang Chih Yuan 0:4 in world cup group stage.

Alborz · Jan 4, 2015

Did you know Dimirtij Ovtcharov lost 6 times in the first round of World Tour Grand Finals in his 7 appearances?

jeycop · Jan 4, 2015

Did you know that 70% of the Chinese national team uses stiga blades?

TTFrenzy · Jan 4, 2015

Did you know that Waldner actually developed and practiced a lot his "feeling" of the ball and it was not purely a "god given talent". He used to experiment in training and try different shots all the time. If you watch older videos of him before 1987 you could see that his feeling was nothing special back then.

Did you know that Gionis untill he was 21 didnt use his FH for looping/smashig attacking unless the ball was really really high. He was trained as a classical defender in Greece and started to develop FH attacks only for the past 10-12 years! In the last two maybe three years he is training to implement a BH block (twiddling his racket) with his FH rubber (pips in) whenever possible to get the opponent off guard

mahomedy13 · Jan 4, 2015

did you know Dima is asthmetic?

Tinykin · Jan 4, 2015

And a dentist too

TTFrenzy said:
Did you know that Waldner actually developed and practiced a lot his "feeling" of the ball and it was not purely a "god given talent". He used to experiment in training and try different shots all the time. If you watch older videos of him before 1987 you could see that his feeling was nothing special back then.

Did you know that Gionis untill he was 21 didnt use his FH for looping/smashig attacking unless the ball was really really high. He was trained as a classical defender in Greece and started to develop FH attacks only for the past 10-12 years! In the last two maybe three years he is training to implement a BH block (twiddling his racket) with his FH rubber (pips in) whenever possible to get the opponent off guard

The most amazing fact is that he is also a qualified dentist. He must be very well organised.

raazzz · Jan 5, 2015

jeycop said:
Did you know that 70% of the Chinese national team uses stiga blades?

Which players?

Kaizoku · Jan 5, 2015

raazzz said:
Which players?

I dunno if it's 70%, but, according to http://stigatabletennis.com/en/players/more-players/
XU XIN, LIU GUOLIANG, FAN ZHENDONG, YAN AN, GUO YUE, CHEN MENG, ZHU YULING.

Cornel · Jan 5, 2015

Did you know that Timo Boll lost once a set to Ma Lin 11-0?

jonurkel · Jan 5, 2015

Tinykin said:
The most amazing fact is that he is also a qualified dentist. He must be very well organised.

Who, Waldner or Panagniotis Gionis?

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